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Originally Posted by wrenchnride247
oasis, i think you meant to say super beetles were made from '71-'79 for the US market. The standard beetle was made from '48-8/77  this is strait from "the book". The last few years were super only and convertibles only. |
From the May 1980 issue of
Safer Motoring:
As readers are probably aware, VW model years start after the works holiday in August of the preceeding year i.e. 1978 models were produced from August 1977 onwards. Our own ‘Last Edition’ Beetle, chassis number 1182001585 was first registered on January 14 1978 but, far more important, actually manufactured by Volkswagenwerk’s plant at Emden on August 24 1977. It is reasonable to assume that the other UK-bound 1200 Ls were produced at around this time. Indeed production was due to finish completely in mid-December 1977, but a last minute extra order from Japan meant that production continued until January 19 1978.
I don't know what "the book" is but perhaps it is referring to US-bound Beetles. I have other sources or just do a Google search on "Volkswagen Beetle Emden." January 19, 1978, is a universally accepted date. I chose the above because it is the only source stating Japan got the last ones.
January 10, 1980, is the last date for Super convertibles from the Karmann factory. Interestingly, they are considered 1979 models even though some were built side-by-side to 1980 Golf-based Cabriolets.