AutoCult Models is just about to release a neat collector set in 1:43 scale.  The collection of four models focus on the metal story of the how the world got to the Volkswagen Beetle.  Most would suspect Ferdinand Porsche as the creator, but there were other individuals prior to him involved in the evolution to the People’s Car.  The set of four comes complete with display case.  Shelf date is later this month.  If someone want to send us a Christmas present this one is it!

About the People’s Car…  “Today the idea and construction of the KdF-Car (Volkswagen Beetle) is mainly attributed to Ferdinand Porsche, but there were several other renowned engineers, who also contributed greatly to socialize the idea of a “peoples car” with a rear-mounted engine in Germany.

Already in the mid-1920s Béla Barényi’s early blueprints showed initial approaches. But also proven engineers like Josef Ganz, Hans Ledwinka, Hans Nibel or the aerodynamic expert Paul Jaray had their focus on the idea of motorizing the German nation and initiated the discussion about it. Four cars, which embody important steps in the development of a “car for the masses”, are the small Mercedes-Benz W17, which was only tested as a prototype, the roundish NSU Typ 32, which was driven also only experimentally in three different body versions, the Tatra Typ 570, which was masterminded by Hans Ledwinka in Bohemian Nesselsdorf, and of course the only series-produced German subcompact – the Superior built by the Swabian company Standard. As the Nazis seized power in 1933, the idea of a small car for the people became an important political target and the German automotive industry vied for the contract. The “official” story of the “people’s car”, which became known worldwide as the Volkswagen Beetle in the post-war era, began with the presentation of the “Exposé concerning the construction of a German people’s car” by Ferdinand Porsche on January 17, 1934. ”

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