Volkswagen Took Part In The Cruisin' To A Cure For ALS Show

Many people are familiar with the story of Ferdinand Porsche and his design for a "people's car" in pre-World War II Germany. In 1933 he built from scratch what he called the Volksauto, a small, inexpensive family car. In 1934 Adolf Hitler took notice and chose Porsche's design to be built in a state owned facility. (A side note, yes, Ferdinand Porsche was the father of Ferry Porsche who would later establish a rather successful sports car company.) Volkswagen was born. Following World War II the VW plant fell under the control of the British military who saw the possibilities and got the plant working again, eventually exporting the cars all over the world. There were plenty of VWs on hand at the 8th Annual Cruisin' To A Cure For ALS show in Lawrenceburg. While the Type 1 or Beetle, is the most well known, the Type 2 van was also on display.