We could say that 2003 was one of the saddest years for the world of motoring. He volkswagen beetlepopularly known in Mexico Like Vocho, it was discontinued, thus concluding 65 years of history.
During those six and a half decades, exactly 21 million 529 thousand 464 of these cars were built on the planet, the last of them in the plant of PueblaMexico, a Volkswagen Beetle.
The Mexican vocho was the last manufactured in the world
And although in essence he was the same as his number one brother born in October 1967, the reality is that the mexican vochoThis latest edition brought more up-to-date things like a four-speed manual transmission, improved engine sound insulation, front disc brakes, a CD stereo, and a commemorative plaque.
But that vocho also brought something else. As it was manufactured in Mexico, the directors of the German company decided to baptize it with an allusive name, so they gave it “The king”, in honor of the composer and singer from Guanajuato Jose Alfredo Jimenezbut it is a fact that few know.
Volkswagen Beetle 21529464
So with this name, the Volkswagen Beetle number 21529464, was packed and sent to the Volkswagen Museum in the city of Wolfsburg, Germany, where it stands to date as the last car of its kind made on the planet, a good pretext for taking a tour of the Bavarian country.
Until 2003, the Mexican plant of the German automaker produced 1,691,542 units, making it the factory outside Germany that created the most cars of these in all of history. We earned the right to baptize him as one of our greatest exponents of our music.
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