The punch bug has been squashed, and readers are sad. Volkswagen this week is stopping production of the latest version of its Beetle model at its plant in Mexico. The iconic car dates back to 1938.

Back in the 1970s, the idea that Volkswagen might stop making the Beetle was unthinkable. The car and the brand that built it had become synonymous, and no one could imagine that VW would give it up ...

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There was a time—after peak-hot rod and peak-muscle car but before the rise of The Import Scene—when the humble Volkswagen Beetle was the coolest car anyone had. Maybe you went to high school then.