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The original-shape Volkswagen Beetle long outlasted predictions of its lifespan. The popular Volkswagen model maintains a strong following worldwide, being regarded as something of a "cult" car owing to its 1960s association with the hippie movement. Currently, there is a wide array of VW clubs that are concerned with the Beetle. On July 30, 2003, the last one rolled off the production line in Puebla, Mexico. It was car number 21,529,464, and was immediately shipped off to the company's museum in Wolfsburg, Germany. In true Mexican fashion, a mariachi band serenaded the last Beetle in the 68-year-old history.

"The incessant product buzz at the North American International Auto Show in 1994 centered on the concept car from Volkswagen that redefined the classic Beetle. The overall shape and the dash-mounted bud vase, though, were about the only elements that were like the original. The New Beetle is on the respected Golf platform. With independent suspension front and rear the ride and handling are as competent and sporty as we would expect from that base car."

The Volkswagen Passat has picked up a number of awards over the 1990's:
* 1999 Used Car Buyer Greatest Used Buy Awards - Most Sensible Car Award Overall & Best Family Car
* 1999 Auto Express New Car Honours - Best Family Car
* 1998 What Car? Car of the Year Awards - Best Family Car
* 1998 Top Gear Magazine Top Cars - Best Medium Car
* 1998 Which? Magazine Best Buy - Large family car market winner

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