70 Years Strong, Volkswagen Celebrates Time in America
The term Volkswagen directly translates to "People's car" in German, which is exactly what Ben Pon was looking to sell Americans when he came over here in 1949. Ben Pon was a Dutch businessman who first arrived in America with two Volkswagen Type 1 vehicles that later transformed into what we historically know as the Volkswagen Beetle. The Beetle that we've grown to love over the past 70 years may be a hit among modern consumers, but the concept models didn't quite take off as fast as they had anticipated. Only two were actually sold to American…