It's a story whose twists and turns over four decades eventually gave rise to the oddly shaped small car that came to symbolize America's 1960s counterculture and went on to become the world's top-selling car model. … The genius chosen as its designer was Ferdinand Porsche, who was told to produce a prototype by 1935 so that 1 million cars would come off the line within three years. … I think that the Beetle is a funny looking car because it looks weird to me. …

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