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FILE - In this April 27, 1966 file photo, Volkswagen workers drive their Beetle cars from the parking lot on their way home at the end of a days work at the world's largest single auto plant, the Volkswagen factory (seen in background) in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model in July 2019 at its plant in Puebla, Mexico, the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning eight decades since 1938.(AP Photo, file)
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The United States became Volkswagen’s most important single foreign market, peaking at 563,522 cars in 1968, or 40% of production.
Volkswagen is bidding farewell to its small car in a big way.
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