So we all know the Beetle was dreamt up by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche - prior to his company. But did you know that the VW company did come into being until the british government had tried to sell the design of the beetle to several british companies after the war, but because they had no takers, they had the Army involved in establishing a company in germany to build them - this company was called Volkswagen. Just one more thing we can thank the Brits for.......