VW SUPERBUG 1600

In 1954, Australia called a truce with a country that a decade earlier had been its sworn enemy; buying cars that had been bankrolled by the most hated political figure of all time.

Adolf Hitler wanted a ‘People’s Car’ (aka Volks Wagen) that all Germans could own. He also devised a cunning payment plan that ensured nobody got a car until the full price had been paid – if they got one at all.

By 1971, when a lot of Germans still hadn’t received their VWs and were driving Eastern Bloc Trabants, VWs were being built all over the