dekomote@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThe fascist regime promoting the "people's car"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareZzyzx@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s kind of funny when you consider that the VW design was a ripoff of the Czech-made Tatra T97.
minus-squareaasatru@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoFor the curious: It had a boxer engine in the rear, just like the Beetle. The Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porche, the T97 by Hans Ledwinka. Ledwinka served five years in prison in Czechoslovakia after the war for collaboration with German occupation forces.
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoInteresting, it’s like if a beetle was squeezed out like a turd. The front looks just like a beetle, but the back looks dopey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_97 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle
minus-squaregoldfish_brain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoBeetle turd is…an accurate description.
minus-squarephilycheeze@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThat color on the wiki image isn’t doing the Retro-Future aesthetic any favors.
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoLooks pretty cool, just needs a jet engine on the rear and it’s good to go
It’s kind of funny when you consider that the VW design was a ripoff of the Czech-made Tatra T97.
For the curious:
It had a boxer engine in the rear, just like the Beetle. The Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porche, the T97 by Hans Ledwinka. Ledwinka served five years in prison in Czechoslovakia after the war for collaboration with German occupation forces.
Interesting, it’s like if a beetle was squeezed out like a turd. The front looks just like a beetle, but the back looks dopey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_97
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle
Beetle turd is…an accurate description.
That color on the wiki image isn’t doing the Retro-Future aesthetic any favors.
Looks pretty cool, just needs a jet engine on the rear and it’s good to go