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Originally Posted by Lov3Bug
They were phased out as taxis in Mexico after the law was changed to require all taxis to have four doors.  I'd imagine there were so many beetles on the road in 1979 that nobody thought twice about it. I'm not old enough to have been buying cars in that year so I can't do any more than speculate. |
In 1979, I was 20, and DEVASTATED when I learned the Beetle was to be dropped. I was an air-cooled snob in those days and refused to acknowledge Rabbits or any other water-cooleds as "real" Volkswagens. It took over 20 years for me to finally realize how awesome water-cooled VW's are.