ThirstyFish

Adolf Hitler's answer to access of Americans to affordable cars was the Volkswagen Beetle, "The People's Car". Its design was completed in 1938 by Ferdinand Porsche. Porsche visited Henry Ford's operation in Detroit numerous times, and became obsessed with productivity. He profited from forced and slave labor.

The beetle was manufactured and marketed continuously from 1938 until 2003 based on the same design. Altogether, 21,529,464 were built. Today, The Volkswagen Group is the second largest automaker in the world, just behind Toyota. General Motors, the parent company of The Chevy, comes in at third place.

I like cars. But, to balance the cost-benefit equation, take a look at the environmental impact of transport.