Alex spotted the Herbie replica in Arapongas on his trip to Brazil. The Volkswagen Beetle (officially the Volkswagen Type 1) was an inexpensive economy car manufactured in Germany. The need for a people’s car (Volkswagen in German), its concept and its functional objectives were formulated by the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, who wanted a cheap, simple car to be mass-produced for his country’s new road network.
