The many, MANY failed VW Beetle Reboots!

I recently made a video on the many, many times British Leyland tried to update the Mini. The lack of an update helped to make the original Mini an iconic shape. The same has happened to many other iconic cars, and the Volkswagen Type 1 or Beetle falls into the same camp. Why did it take 36 years until the Beetle would get a replacement, and how did a car made as a Nazi show of strength end up in a Disney film? Second "optional extra" part of this video:    • The many, MANY failed VW Beetle Reboots - ...   If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos and exclusive channel updates, please consider supporting the channel from just $1 or 80p a month:   / bigcar   Support me using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car merch: https://teespring.com/stores/bigcartv Twitter:   / bigcartv   My second channel - Little Car:    / littlecar   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_K%C3... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Golf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa... http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/... https://blog.heritagepartscentre.com/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Hirst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirtsch... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen 1952 EA41 https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/... https://iedeiblog.com/2012/04/10/vw-e... 1955 EA47-12 & EA48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa... https://www.automuseum-volkswagen.de/... https://www.flickr.com/photos/zappado... https://newsroom.vw.com/vehicles/tbt-... 1957 EA97 https://www.automuseum-volkswagen.de/... http://web.archive.org/web/2018051121... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa... https://play.google.com/books/reader?... (p134-136) 1962 EA158 https://play.google.com/books/reader?... (p69-73) https://www.clubvw.org.au/media/oldar... 1963 EA128 https://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/vw... https://newsroom.vw.com/vehicles/tbt-... https://www.secret-classics.com/en/vo... 1967 EA235 https://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/vw... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Golf 1969 EA266 / EA276 http://web.archive.org/web/2018051121... https://newsroom.vw.com/vehicles/tbt-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa... https://web.archive.org/web/201405122... https://web.archive.org/web/201405122... #bigcar