Volkswagen Type 1 "Beetle"

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Type 1
Vehicle information
Model	Type 1
Manufacturer	Volkswagen
Behind the scenes
First seen	Dr. No (film)
Last seen	Quantum of Solace (film)

The Volkswagen Type 1 - also known as the Volkswagen Beetle - is small family car that, while usually not in a major role, tends make a occasional, noticeable appearance in James Bond media.

The Type 1/Beetle was the German carmaker Volkswagen's first car model. It is one of the most widely produced car models in the human history, with a total of about 21.5 million Beetles being produced between 1938 and 2003. Its original German manufacture lasted until 1978, but it remained in production in Brazil and Mexico until 2003. In 1997, the carmaker would introduce the Volkswagen New Beetle as re-imagined new model, based on the original Type 1 Beetle.

Film appearances

Dr. No (film)

1958 Sedan variant appears as a background vehicle.

Goldfinger (film)

1960 Limousine and 1962 Sun-Roof Sedan variants can be seen in the film.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)

When in Switzerland, Shaun Campbell drives a 1969 model of Type 1 (1300) while shadowing James Bond's infiltration into Blofeld's operations. Additionally, other Type 1 Beetle variants can be seen in the background through-out the film.

Diamonds Are Forever (film)

1970 Sedan appears in the background.

Live and Let Die (film)

White 1968 Volkswagen Sedan and a red 1970 Volkswagen Convertible appear in the background.

The Man with the Golden Gun (film)

White 1966 Volkswagen 1300 can be spotted outside the Bottoms Up Club in Hong Kong. A black Volkswagen De Luxe Sedan can be spotted in Thailand during the car chase.

Moonraker (film)

Two 1970 Volkswagen "Fusca" (Typ 1) sedans (a black one and a light blue one) can be seen parked on the left of screen during the scene where Bond passages the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I LWB in Rio De Janeiro.

Octopussy (film)

Bubi and Schatzi help passage James Bond closer to the American Airforce Base at Feldstadt in a Volkswagen Beetle. However, as Bond is on a tight time limit to stop the nuclear bomb that Octopussy was tricked into smuggling to the circus peformance - combined with Bubi's and Schatzi's overwhelming behavior - the trip is quite excruciating. When they stop, Bond decides to find a new, faster car to get to the Airbase circus, subsequently finding the Alfa Romeo GTV6 that he steals from a German woman at a phone booth.

A View to a Kill (film)

A yellow Volkswagen 1300 Beetle can be seen during the Taxi chase in Paris. Later in San Franciso, while dangling from the fire truck, a yellow 1974 Super Beetle almost hits Bond.

The Living Daylights (film)

During the opening Gibraltar chase sequence, the Land Rover Series III that's commandeered by the Imposter 00 drives at a Type 1 Beetle, which ends up tearing its door off.

Quantum of Solace (film)

Mexican-built Type 1 1200 is driven by Camille Montes, who helps Bond escape the Gran Hotel when MI6 tries to have Bond detained.

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Octopussy (1983)

Trivia

• There is a South American VW Beetle commercial from 1982 which portrays a James Bond-like figure - with many mannerisms of Bond actor Roger Moore - struggling with a DMC-12 "DeLorean" that's rapidly breaking down, complete with John Barry's score from Goldfinger. "Bond" gets frustrated with the broken down DMC-12 and uses a watch gadget to summon a Volkswagen Beetle and leave driving it. The commercial is narrated by Roberto Poblete.