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Go to Next picture Ricecop Home Linkage Plates Bling Bling Photo Free Post  Top 10 Top 10 Ricers Top 10 Non-Ricers Top 10 Other Good Top 10 Other Bad  New & Retired Newest Images Retired Images  Other Submit a picture Profile Lookup FAQ Site Log Leader Board Site Stats  Online Now 0 Ricecops 1 Guests Detailed List  Login Username: Password: Remember Login? Sign up! Why sign up? Forgot my password	View this image at full size Click here to let us know if the image above is broken. Go back and vote on this image. Picture Information URL: http://riceornot.ricecop.com/?auto=83888 Submitted by: Adambomb Comments: 5  (Read/Post)     Favorites: 0  (View) Submitted on: 12-21-2010 View Stats Category: Car Description: 1943 Beetle, oldest one in the US    Comments Showing page: 1 of 1 [ 1 ] #1 12-22-2010 @ 05:35:56 PM Posted By : DiRF  Reply | Edit | Del I doubt it reached America in 1943, though... :P #2 4-18-2013 @ 11:37:27 PM Posted By : ricerocketboy Reply | Edit | Del Greenlight Black Bandit. #3 4-23-2025 @ 11:08:16 PM Posted By : DiRF  Reply | Edit | Del IIRC, both Ford and the Rootes Group were offered the rights to the Volkswagen by the West German government "free of charge" shortly after the war, along with the remnants of the bombed-out factories/tooling, and all they had to do in exchange was invest in rebuilding the factory and provide capital to restart production. Both firms determined the car to be worthless and that it'd be a futile investment. #4 4-24-2025 @ 12:16:52 PM Posted By : Skid Reply | Edit | Del #3, To be fair, at the time it would've been. Compact cars weren't really a viable market segment in the US until the 1958 recession. Even the Beetle only sold in small numbers prior to then. The only truly successful compacts in the US prior to then were the Nash Rambler and Metropolitan, likely due to the large existing dealer network (and that both cars inexplicably had a "sporty" image for the time). [Edited by Skid on 4-24-2025 @ 12:19:10 PM] #5 4-24-2025 @ 07:24:56 PM Posted By : DiRF  Reply | Edit | Del #4, One would think Ford might be interested for their European operations, and The Rootes Group should have kept post-war Britain's needs for a cheap cars in mind. Showing page: 1 of 1 [ 1 ] Login to leave a comment	Classifieds  Click here to post your own classified ad

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