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Word: volkswagen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Manhattan's Fifth Avenue recently, an odd-looking, snub-nosed little car drew some mildly curious stares. Few of the onlookers realized that it was a postwar model of the Volkswagen, the car which Hitler once promised to put in every German garage. With an air-cooled rear engine, and a luggage compartment under the hood, it was the first of 600 which Germany is shipping to the U.S. to sell at $1,280 to $1,997. The Volkswagen's appearance was the latest example of a new business phenomenon: the growing revival of export trade in both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Peacetime Axis | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

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