Volkswagen

Volkswagen is a German multinational automobile manufacturer, founded by the German Labour Front of the Nazi Party of all people. The name "Volkswagen" literally means "people's car", which was the project envisioned by Adolf Hitler who ordered the production of a basic, no-frills car which can transport two adults and three children at 100 km/h (62 mph) on Germany's Reichsautobahn network. The "people's car" project, principally designed by Ferdinand Porsche, resulted in the now-iconic Beetle.

Fiction

Transformers film

After initially transforming into a Willys Jeep, Bumblebee scanned a Volkswagen Beetle after limping into a nearby riverbank.

Toys

Beetle

• Bumblebee (G1)

Notes

• Volkswagen, not unlike Porsche, has had a rather complicated relationship with the Transformers franchise, not wanting anything to do with war machinery. Not helping matters was their previous association with Hitler and the Nazi party, which they've recently acknowledged but for the most part dodged any and all mentions of Hitler himself (as is with most German companies who had existed during World War II).