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Originally Posted by Tracus

There is a debate, but it seems that Hitler actually draw the generic design for the Beetle.

http://www.hitler.org/artifacts/volkswagen/

Hitler and F. Porsche though got inspired by the Tatra V570

French army put their hands on bunch of trucks and VW cars that belonged to the German Army in Northern Africa. My grandfather, being in the French Army, drove a VW to the ground with all the dust, and dirt-those cars never gave up on running not once.