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Prototype VWs at the time of the Berlin Auto Show in February 1939.

Drivers were recruited from the SS to pilot the press in prototype VWs at the time of the Berlin Auto Show in February 1939. Here some of the cars are being marshaled near Berlin"s Brandenburg Gate.
Chapter Four: Britain Meets The Beetle

Karl Ludvigsen
Karl Ludvigsen

In addition to his motor industry activities as an executive (with GM, Fiat and Ford) and head of a consulting company, Karl Ludvigsen has been active for over 50 years as an author and historian. As an author, co-author or editor he has some four dozen books to his credit. Needless to say, they are all about cars and the motor industry, Karl's life-long passion.

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