The Volkswagen Beetle, a revolutionary pre-war car design that took the post-war world by storm, was a wonderful combination of visionary planning and engineering genius. This is the illustrated history of the Beetle, its variants and many treasured derivatives and its worldwide production and travels. ICONS OF STYLE is a brand new series of compact illustrated books which celebrate the most iconic car designs of the 20th century. Each book focuses on a different classic car, or car marque and documents its concept and development, launch and production, its variants and derivatives. The photographs are a mix of archive and factory shots, images from advertising and brochures, and location portraits, all of which exemplify the iconic style of the era.