Hitler was not “behind” the development. You make it sound like he was the lead designer, accountant and test driver. He said “I want you to develop a car that will seat four, reach 110 km/h and cost a maximum of 1000 Reichsmark”.
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year agoHitler was directly behind the development of the VW Beetle with Porsche doing the engineering work.
Schmuppes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I literally said Porsche did the engineering. How would that make Hitler the lead designer?
evergreen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Porsche also stole many of the innovative design elements of their cars from a Czech auto manufacturer called Tatra, after the Nazis took over the factory.