Volkswagen <br />Discontinuing <br />Iconic Beetle After close to 70 <br />years of production, It was also announced that two <br />final edition models will be released. Hinrich Woebcken, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, via Al Jazeera The Beetle was born <br />in 1938 at the request <br />of Adolf Hitler, The car came to the U.S. in 1949 and <br />became the choice of hippies in the '60s. U.S. sales of the vehicle stopped <br />in 1979 but new models were <br />revived and introduced in 1998. The 1998 resurgence <br />appealed mostly to female buyers. The company revamped <br />its 2012 model to appeal <br />more to men but sales <br />soon tapered off. Last year, only 15,166 Beetle's were <br />sold, according to Autodata Corp. Hinrich Woebcken, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, via Al Jazeera
