Original VW logo.

[Ninja]

I never knew the original logo looked.. So... Weird.

It looks very much like a German cross.

[Mr GTD]

First time I've seen that 1939 one...

[Thom89]

The fact it looks like a Swastika is no accident, I take it you are aware of VW's darker days...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
Or
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=swastika&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=D-ErUdOtEIqK0AWCrYHoDw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1267&bih=609

Keep any comments completely "On topic" or I'm sure this thread will almost certainly be locked/deleted VERY quickly!

Thom

[mcgee9t2]

Never seen the first two before.

thom any info on these "darker days" you speek of. pm me if you dont want to post on here and get completly off topic.

[thai-wronghorse]

Hmm Hitler.. Beetle.. 

[Thom89]

Never seen the first two before.

thom any info on these "darker days" you speek of. pm me if you dont want to post on here and get completly off topic.

Quite simple really, the German Nazi party set up VW which by the way means "People's Car" as a cheap, easy to produce, easy to maintain and most importantly, affordable mode of transport to all Germans, so great vote catching, and social propagander (sp)
The rest is unfortunate history! Do a wiki search on VW and go back to the 30s and you'll get a clearer idea about what was happening at that time..
As I've already said, this subject matter is highly volatile on forums, but at this point, I see no harm in reasonable discussion!

Thom

[jimmydub]

Never seen the first two before.

thom any info on these "darker days" you speek of. pm me if you dont want to post on here and get completly off topic.

Quite simple really, the German Nazi party set up VW which by the way means "People's Car" as a cheap, easy to produce, easy to maintain and most importantly, affordable mode of transport to all Germans, so great vote catching, and social propagander (sp)
The rest is unfortunate history! Do a wiki search on VW and go back to the 30s and you'll get a clearer idea about what was happening at that time..
As I've already said, this subject matter is highly volatile on forums, but at this point, I see no harm in reasonable discussion!

Thom

this isn't strictly true, the nazi's were running the nation, the labour union founded VW.
VW weren't really 'dark' as such...

[boneybradley]

does it really matter if vw have a dark history...... We won the war and look at our car amkers we have left!!

Yes we have aston, bentley, rolls and some other "kit car" people! (and some are still actually owned by the brits!  )

[Thom89]

Never seen the first two before.

thom any info on these "darker days" you speek of. pm me if you dont want to post on here and get completly off topic.

Quite simple really, the German Nazi party set up VW which by the way means "People's Car" as a cheap, easy to produce, easy to maintain and most importantly, affordable mode of transport to all Germans, so great vote catching, and social propagander (sp)
The rest is unfortunate history! Do a wiki search on VW and go back to the 30s and you'll get a clearer idea about what was happening at that time..
As I've already said, this subject matter is highly volatile on forums, but at this point, I see no harm in reasonable discussion!

Thom

this isn't strictly true, the nazi's were running the nation, the labour union founded VW.
VW weren't really 'dark' as such...

I think you need to do a little more homework!

Thom

[jimmydub]

I'm pretty well informed actually.

you may as well be saying that anything that came out of Germany in the 30's and 40's has a 'dark' history.