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Roger Chapman wrote:
The Beetles antecedents are rooted in the late 30s even if the British
public didn't get the chance to own one until 1946 and the power output
of the early examples was even worse - somewhere in the low 20s IIRC.

You make it sound like the Beetle remained unchanged throughout its life.
It didn't - it was constantly being improved.

If you really want an example of a car which was well past its sell by
date, look at the Ford Popular - a pre war design virtually unchanged
right up to the '60s. And it was arguably old fashioned when first
designed...

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