A 1953 Volkswagen Export Type I Beetle Size:XL: 100 x 75cm In the foreground a woman

In the foreground a woman guides a child along the top of a wall

Great Orme's Head is situated on the north coast of Wales

The Glass of Wine

Poster advertising Mercedes-Benz Cabriolet D cars

A 1953 Volkswagen Export Type I Beetle Size:XL: 100 x 75cm In the foreground a womanA 1953 Volkswagen Export Type I Beetle. This example was presented to Lord Montagu of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in 1963, to commemorate the sale of the first 100,000 cars in Britain. Ferdinand Porsche produced ancestral KdF wagen prototypes in 1935. Batches of pre production versions followed, before manufacture began in 1939, adapted for military use. Adolf Hitler advised that the Volkswagen People's Car be streamlined to 'look like a