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Battle for the Beetle
Price: $39.95
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| "I can only repeat what Ivan Hirst said in the foreword to this book. Quoting Hirst: "The author ... has skillfully rendered a highly factual account based on extensive and thorough research into a very readable book ..." - Read entire review - |
| Vintage Volkswagen Club of America Website October, 2003 |
| "Karl Ludvigsen, the MIT-trained, acknowledged authority on the automotive industry has written a remarkable account of the symbol of Germany's odyssey from infamy and defeat to postwar recovery and prosperity." - Read entire review - |
| German Studies Review January 26, 2003 |
| "Ludvigsen's view spans the entire history of the automobile, around the world and across the last century. For any enthusiast who aspires to a similar perspective, Battle for the Beetle is required reading." - Read entire review - |
| Autoweek February 26, 2001 |
| "Unlike most VW Beetle books, Ludvigsen has searched through previously unused archival material and interviewed many of the key people who were on the Allies" team that investigated the Wolfsburg factory, and decided its fate after World War II." - Read entire review - |
| Car News (Australia) October 27 ? November 9, 2000 |
| "You don't need to be a car enthusiast or even a student of the auto industry to benefit from this remarkable book ... Covering so much of the automotive development of the 20th century, it is already one of the important books of the 21st." - Read entire review - |
| Road & Track September, 2000 |
| "If you love auto industry history, this book is a must have." - Read entire review - |
| Automotive Industries August, 2000 |
| "Battle for the Beetle is a scholarly and engrossing book ... useful to all students of the period, especially those interested in automotive history, and of the early Volkswagen." - Read entire review - |
| Sports Car Market July, 2000 |
| "Book of the Month." - Read entire review - |
| Classic & Sports Car Magazine June, 2000 |
| "Well researched and well written ... and well worth the money." - Read entire review - |
| Thoroughbred & Classic Cars June, 2000 |
