In 1933 Adolf Hitler met with Ferdinand Porsche to discuss the development of a “Volks-Wagen” (“People Car”), a basic vehicle that should be capable of transporting two adults and three children at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), and which should cost no more than a 990 Richsmark (at an average income of 32RM/week).
Hitler’s original napkin sketch, 1932
Adolf Hitler & Ferdinand Porsche looking over a scale model
The grand opening of the Volkswagen car factory. Fallersleben, Germany, May 26th, 1938. Production was to start in September 1939, but with the onset of WW2, the KdF-Wagen was put on hold and production at the factory changed to military vehicles.
