Because the bug is the very best friend of many across the world, and it finally died. But my 62 bug will drive on until I am dead. That’s a fact. Yes, I cry every time watching this.
I also cried a lot like a child ,my dad use to pick me up from school in his 65 , that 65 has taught me a lot of simple mechanical engineering 😢 I started to love it since my birth and will always love them till death and will always rescue any bug which is left to die no matter what condition it is in
My dad had an oval window beetle when I was born. I still remember riding in it. As soon as I passed my test I bought my own, a '72 1300. I still own and drive it today, 35 years later.
My mother died on last month. She has always wished for a Volkswagen Beetle painted the color of a ladybug. So I bought a toy car, painted it the color of a ladybug and took it to my mother's grave for decoration. Fly high mom🕊️♥️
Your comment broke my heart and made me think of my own VW experience. Much more recently I bought my first VW a few years ago. I got the ID4 that is the Beetle's 'spiritual all electric successor.' I got it because I wanted to try an electric car and it was cheap at the time. I like it a lot but last summer my 6 year old nephew came to stay with me. He was fascinated by how the car's headlights raise up when the car turns on. To him they were eyes and the car was waking up. He named it, he would tell it good night and even said good bye to it when he left. Maybe VW really did capture the spirit of the Beetle?
I never was a car person, but recently, when I saw a VW Beetle 2012 (the latest model) it was love at first drive. I drove it and it was like no other car. Now I’m something of a car person and take care of all the cars in my family. I’m making wonderful memories in it, and it has changed my life. Got me out of my fear of driving, and now it’s the most iconic car. I just wish it came back so one day I could buy a brand new one.
@@stephenking5852 you are blessed my friend. Still driving my Beetle. Had to fix the common problem of water pump leak, but with that metal one it shouldn’t have any more issues.
The Volkswagen Beetle was truly an icon in its own world, nothing had quite as much joy and happiness of this one little car. While it may be gone, it will never be forgotten as a true icon of the 20th-21st century. Thank you Volkswagen for everything.
I’m 38 now, still own my first car which is a beetle. My wife is having our first baby in a few weeks. I’m officially going to be the old man at he end of the ad in a few years!! Cracking advert. Shame it never made it onto tv here in the UK
I just know that Volkswagen Beetles will MAKE A COMEBACK Someday, We might be there, Somehow We'll see it. And when they make a comeback, I hope that they will make them both electric and self-driving just like Herbie The Love Bug.
My grandpa passed away recently from lung cancer and this car was a special part of my life its sad to see it leave it makes me cry every time I hear this and I always wanted a Volkswagen beetle but now my time to do so is on the clock, I will get one in honor of my grandpa. Rest In Peace, Chris Wilkin you will be honored for your service in the marines. 🙁🇺🇸
A very beautiful commercial indeed. I haven't got my driver's license yet, but once I do, I'll find an old VW beetle, I'll buy it, paint it, and I'll preserve it with all my heart. Even if my beetle will be the only one left, I won't let it die
Reminds me my first ride for registration in Berlin, when AFN Radio played 3 times LET IT BE - 1981 got similar oldVW Standard and still have, and can't wait playing this song Beetle-on-the-roof after this impressive video - this car always good for real fairy tales
Altough I never had a Beetle, I had a crush on them since I first watched the movie "Herbie goes Banana". The Beetles were and are still very popular here in Brazil, with 3 million being produced. They are known here as "Fusca". The last Beetle made in Brazil was rolled out from the factory in 1996.
Throughout high school and college i drove a ‘69 Beetle. He was called Wally. He treated me well. Sadly had to sell him a couple weeks ago. Breaks my heart a little bit. Till the next one... beetles will always have my love❤️
I remember when I was a teenager back in 1999 or 2000 my father's girlfriend's daughter had a brand new Beetle in THE most beautiful lavender color. I had never seen a car that color before. I couldn't believe when I first got into her car how roomy and comfortable it actually was because it looked so tiny from the outside. I rode with her a few times, and I remember one of the times she was blasting the song 'Where My Girls At?' by 702 on repeat and we sang it over and over like 6 times.😂 I loved that car! One day she came by and I didn't see her Beetle, so I asked her what happened to it and she told me that it was stolen. I was sad like somebody had stolen MY car lol! She hadn't even had that car for a full year before it was stolen. When she replaced her Beetle she got a car of a totally different make and model. So 1999/2000 was the first and last time I ever rode in a VW Beetle and now they don't even make them anymore.😭
i never knew that my father own a Yellow '74 bug. After my Father died, a few months later my uncle told me that my father bug is in his garage and not moving also had the engine broke but still can be repaired since 2012 and now i'm rebuilding it as my first car :)
It’s beautiful to see one of the worlds most beloved cars go but it is very loving and symbolic that it turns into a lightning bug Volkswagen Beetle forever
The ad is frankly depressing, but the thought of a company like Mercedes-Benz, the inventors of the Automobile, producing their final gasoline powered vehicle, in the next 10-15 years depresses me. 130+ years of innovation, finally done. Like the end of a grand book. I don’t like to think about it.
That really moved me. Such a profoundly simple car & how it won the hearts of generations all over the world. I'm picking my '64 up tomorrow to start our journey with a legend :)
Sold my '66 this year. Wished life was different and that I could have kept him, but it is what it is. I still cry when I start remembering that little thing and all the memories it held.
The Ford model T held the title as the best selling car of all time until 1972. In 1972, the Volkswagen Beetle took that title away from Ford, and it was the best selling car of all time. The Beetle was produced from 1938 to 2003, and also was the longest in production car of all time that used the same platform.
Out of college in 1970, bought a new 1971 Super Beetle. Options were radio, undercoating, window vents. Bottom line cost $2300 home in the garage. My only comment was, it's underpowered. Great car. Wanted the car in white, but white was not available in 1971 for the Super Beetle. So, beige it was. Took just over 3 months to get it.
I own a 1999 that was my dream car but has a lot of problems lately I can’t keep it so I’m going to buy something new, so many memories that was my first car ever
Don't do something you might regret in years to come. So many of us long for those first cars we owned. I loved the New Beetle when it came out and my late parents had a 2000 they bought new and drove all over the country in their retirement.
I’m about to sell my dear beloved new beetle, that my parents gave me when I turned 16. I lived so many adventures with that car. It will take away a piece of my heart. I hope I can take a last ride before saying good bye😢 Thank you mom & dad for giving me such an iconic model, that would bring so much joy to my life.
ive never owned an old bug, its always been a dream to at least drive one or own one, one time. but this ad made me cry for as attached as i am to the love bug as a disney movie.
The Beetle in its late years has not been a good seller, what with their sedans outselling it and their CUVs outselling everything they build. But remember, the Bug is Volkswagen, so I think that iconic shape will return, but as an all-electric vehicle and it probably won't be called "Beetle."
Just for now, the same shape will be retured with an electric heart in future. Same story is happening to other iconic cars like the Mercedes G, soon enough you and I can only explian to our grandkids about what's it like to drive a petrol car by putting on our VR helmets. Farewell, a great era.
I remember seeing this on Volkswagen's RU-vid channel and commented on it before their comment section got disabled. Nearly two years later, I still want to say, "what a big sendoff"!
As a previous owner of one 75' beetle this comercial has a great impact on me. It was a Family car bought new by my grandfather, later restored by me, and sadly sold couple of years ago, just like in comercial life must go on, but one day ill get another one.
There will never be a coral, like it ever again from created by a workers party leader to the hippie movement and a movie star in the 60s and 70s and the 80s TV star transformers The best retro car of the 90s There will never be a car like this ever again
