Thursday, March 18, 2010

week 10 [eoc] volkswagen

Facts about Volkswagen
1. the inventor and creator was Dr. Ferdinand Porsche

2. Dr. Porsche was very famous for his racing cars

3. the word "volkswagen" means "people's car"

4. Hitler came up with the idea of a car that carried 5 people and cruised up to 62mph

5. 1950s Volkswagen began producing Beeltes in South Africa

6. 1951, Volkswagen began to export a deluxe version of the Beetle

7. the Beelte was a small car that could be purchased for less than 1000 Marks (about $250.00)

8. Beeltes built from 1938-39, 43-45 were called "KdF Wagens"

9. Volkswagen were first exhibited and sold in the US in 1949

10. November 2009, Volkswagen and Porsche overtook Toyota to become the world's largest car manufacturing group in terms of production.

In Madmen the main men where talking about this Volkswagen ad. They were making fun of the ad saying that they didn't know whether to make fun of the car or the ad. As the men were discussing the ad Don Drapper said that the company had a clean and simple ad and that the company was still going strong, also they had been talking about the ad for about 15 minutes instead of something like the latest playboy. Most important fact from Madmen was that even though they didn’t understand the ad or like it, the ad made the men talk about it for 15 minutes.

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