Royal antiques: Starring Volkswagen Beetle

One doesn’t see too many of them out on the roads any longer, but most Beetle as well as a few other Volkswagen vehicles, including the Microbus, were displayed at the 3rd Annual Volkswagen Car Show organised by the Volkswagen Club of Pakistan and the Forum Mall in Karachi.

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Syed Ganga Din

Feb 02, 2015 06:15pm

VW Beetle is a legend that's not disappearing anytime.

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zak the supreme

Feb 02, 2015 07:36pm

this where the discarded old VW went. I thought they were in cuba,

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Sanjeet Kumar

Feb 02, 2015 07:49pm

truly stately...indeed...thanks for such a beautiful photographs..

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MHamza

Feb 02, 2015 08:04pm

Amazing Preserved cars !!! I just love vintage cars. Liveing in Lahore so just enjoyed Lahore auto shows so far .... ThanKs for sharinG Dawn !!

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khalid

Feb 02, 2015 08:20pm

An iconic car but not a pleasure to drive. The first car without a radiator and the engine in the trunk. Hence all the jokes associated with the spare engine.

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fahad

Feb 03, 2015 02:59am

@zak the supreme VW Beetle are still in production in the same design. Still there is demand for this shape internationally

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Adventurer

Feb 03, 2015 12:05pm

Beautiful - but added more beauty by beautiful dame especially the one in 'YELLOW'

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khanm

Feb 03, 2015 01:28pm

@Syed Ganga Din .....The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.

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syed ali

Feb 04, 2015 12:03am

Cuban have American cars.

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Asim

Feb 04, 2015 07:09am

Love Beetle. Such a beautiful car.

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ali

Feb 04, 2015 09:12am

This was a classic German car with its engine at the back, they produced the same design for many many years, it had a strong body with no radiator as fresh air circulated via the engine, great German technology.Enjoyed driving it.

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Sushil C

Feb 04, 2015 09:29am

Karachi looks to be a very cosmopolitan city with modern buildings and areas...unlike our perception. WV beetle is my favorite old classic also.

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Karachi Wala

Feb 04, 2015 08:54pm

Beautiful VW pictures.

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concerned_Cit

Feb 05, 2015 05:20am

Beautiful photographs and the occasion overall.

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taimoor

Feb 05, 2015 06:07am

The pre-90's VW Beetles as well as the VW vans were ugly. The loud -- thuk, thuk, thuk -- engine sound from them was irritating. However, the modern re-designs of the Beetle and the Westfalia van are quite pleasing and their engines aren't prickly to the ears either.

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Surprised

Feb 05, 2015 10:29am

Oh Wow. I owned this particular Yellow dune buggy back in my university days. Ended up selling to an old car fanatic uncle...........Oh good times

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Sophocles

Feb 05, 2015 12:33pm

Wow!! Fond memories. My first car was a Beetle 1972, left hand drive 1600 cc beauty. University, dating, first job, marriage, first child, all in my Silver Bullet. Man! If I could only rewind, I'd go back to it in the blink of an eye.

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Keti Zilgish

Feb 08, 2015 08:22am

Agreeing with all the comments one could look at it from the angle of an environmentally potent cultural and technological contribution towards class warfare.

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Tariq, Lahore

Feb 09, 2015 04:22pm

Great Beetle mania!

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Anwar Siddique

Feb 09, 2015 08:57pm

In Mexico the saying is "VW beettle is like a bellybutton everyone has one". Most of the Taxis are VW beetles. The car was designed by Ferdinad Porche on Hitler's request to make a "People's car". Great car.

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