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VW made its last shipment of Beetles to Europe.

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The final shipment to Europe of Volkswagen’s legendary “bug,” the biggest-selling car of all time, was unloaded at the port of Emden, West Germany. The company is withdrawing the model from the European market because of falling sales. More than 20.6 million Beetles have been built, 8 million of which are thought to be still on the road, a spokesman said. The final 3,000 cars for Europe were made in Mexico. VW still produces a total of about 120,000 Beetles a year there and in Brazil and Nigeria.

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