VW TV Advertisements - Air Cooled Era

Volkswagen television advertisements from the era of their air cooled vehicles from the 1960s and 1970s. Mostly VW Beetles (Type 1) but also VW Fastback Sedan (Type 3). Includes special editions like La Grande Bug and includes classic ads such as the snowplow driver.

[@privatepilot4064]

Ironically, my Dad was a snow plow driver. What did he use to get to his snow plow? A 1974 Beetle! An orange one. True story!

[@Pauley_in_GP]

That's pretty funny. He was sort of famous: "Hey, you're the guy..." 😁

[@Doc1855]

They were Great cars and had great traction in snow.

[@dave1956]

The marketing was genius at its finest.

[@laur1976]

No politically correct marketing. Fun to watch with the car is the main character.

[@observer3232]

Great ad! I remember it.

[@josephcottenii8463]

Squareback; Beetles; Bus; 356 T2, T5, T6 Spent half my life working on them! 😂 Good times!

[@GereDJ2]

I own three, restored 1967 Volkswagen Beetles: Sedan, Sunroof and convertible. The convertible is valued at over $50k. Also, the Beetle in the 1974 "Worst storm ever" commercial at 23:40 is a 1967 Beetle, which sounds just terrific as it pulls away.

[@jimmyjames6267]

I own a 1967 Beetle, my daily driver too!

[@SusanGeyer-l4k]

My brother-in-law was marketing manager at VW. They really did have some good ideas. Well done OO!

[@ghiajunkie]

I love this ads. Thumbs up from Germany.

[@privatepilot4064]

My first car was a 1970 Beetle. One of the best cars I’ve ever owned. In 1976 my wife and I were looking at a brand new Beetle for $1795.00. I think hyperinflation is already here!

[@Jeremy4464]

I find it very humorous, that at 7:04 all the car brands in the commercial, only Volkswagen is still around.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Man I love those classic beetles!👌🥰👍👉♥️ Back in the 70s my brother and sister had one! I used to love driving them!

[@michaeldevaughn68]

My dad had a VW BETTLE, and he would drive it in the mountains in winter. It NEVER got stuck👍

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

I'VE OWNED 56', 64' AND 67' BUGS AND A 61' TRANSPORTER... THE BEST CARS I'VE EVER OWNED 👍🏻😎

[@smittykins]

Some ads I’ve never seen before, cool!

[@HoneyTone-TheSearchContinues]

Dustin Hoffman doing a VW fastback ad showing how much room it had inside - how ironic, given his diminutive size!

[@craigmclean8260]

Great collection; thanks for including the Jimmy Durante one ("...more breathing room...for da ol' schnozzola!") Learned to drive on a '62 Beetle; wish I still had it...

[@keithad6485]

There is a book published in 1966 Dan R Post, Volkswagen Nine Lives Later. The book includes magazine and newspaper vw ads, very interesting ads!

[@julissabenavides1811]

I own a 1969 VW Autostick, just redone the torque converter. It's my daily driver. I love um.

[@josephkearns4314]

I remember one commercial that is not included here. It pictured a Beetle floating in a pool. The announcer commented “ Volkswagens float…definitely “ Then the Beetle started to sink. The announcer then said “ But not indefinitely.” Loved VW ads.

[@NewBeatleJohn]

Reality better than any advertisement - Still have my 60 Stan and can even play 🎸 on it's roof 😜✌️

[@alecfromminnenowhere2089]

OMG... I remember most of these...

[@leopardtiger1022]

I love VW Käfer 1200 cc. I had one 1200 cc VW Käfer used car bought in Aachen Germany in 1970 paid 800 Deutsche green colour it had no petrol Guage no radio.. Fantastic car drive from München to Salzburg to Berichtesgaden and to Leoben... Best car.

[@SusanGeyer-l4k]

My "first"had that little lever near the pedals to switch the last drop ..5 liter..on... no petrol guage.

[@ghiajunkie]

Grüße aus Aachen.

[@jefferyrightmire9520]

I had a 74. I wish I still had it.

[@coffeeisgood102]

Best vehicles I ever owned, 1964 VW camper, 1972 VW van, 1974 VW van, VW square back, VW fastback. Worst car decision I ever made…selling those vehicles.

[@earlwheelock7844]

Where is the " YOU CANT KILL THE BUG " commercial I think it was the most humerous comercial VW ever put out!!!.

[@EarlRoark]

VW beetle great car!!!

[@ArizonaPoet]

Buzz Aldrin, the Apollo 11 AstroNot, is currently 94 years old. He proved the Van Allen Radiation Belts are good for your health.

[@Dillybar777]

You are schizophrenic

[@randall1959]

You don't get into a Beetle. You put it on

[@tellyjoossens4186]

Still regret selling my bug. Simple but great, reliable cars (the later versions like mine). Ok, tolerances aren't that tight, and you have to watch the body to not let it be eaten by rust, but it will get you from a to b and back with a smile on your face!

[@socksumi]

But the cost of old VW parts is beyond obscene especially in countries where there isn't third party parts available but only those made by VW like a muffler for $2800 for a T2 Transporter.

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

I remember those VW commercials what memories..

[@Bill-lg6hs]

Great video.

[@leilanirocks]

Lots of plusses to those Beetles as is shown in these ads, but the heater was definitely not one of them. 🥶

[@billmago7991]

i used to see those beetles all the time... usually parked on the side of the road on a steep climb in summer😂😂😂

[@cabaneencac5168]

16:20 is this Dustin Hoffman ?

[@josephschuster1494]

Truly the greatest car and advertising EVER! LONG LIVE VW! 🚗 🇩🇪

[@gregatkinson7276]

If you do not know by now what junk they truly are you never will lol!

[@ericknoblauch9195]

The Beetle was also the longest in production car ever to use the same platform. It was in production from 1938 through 2003. It was also one of the best selling cars of all time.

[@nunyabuziness8421]

I took my first driving test at 15 years old in a Volkswagen

[@oi32df]

25:45 Here is an interesting analog OBD system.

[@corvanha1]

Think about how easy your bug slides off the road in the snow

[@williamjones7163]

VWs will definitely float. It is just that they won't float indefinitely.

[@wallywally8282]

Henry Blake, MASH had another life it seems😂

[@RandyOnTheRadio]

I'll be honest, if VW still made this old-style Beetle, I'd buy one. My neighbor had one when I was a kid, and she'd take me places in it. I thought it was a really cool car, and she never got stuck in the snow with it.

[@charlesgriner8987]

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the VW beetle was just about the only car available to Americans who wanted something small and with good gas mileage. It’s not very well-known today but all those years ago The beetle was detested by many American men who could not stomach the idea of a car being sold just because it’s gas mileage was good and because it was affordable and efficient and reliable.

[@betocrepon]

what about the engine?

[@tiger7199]

The air cooled engine was fine in the warmer months but in the cold winter the windshield defrost and heater sucked.

[@fredbozo8488]

Too bad VW "don't make'em like they used to" - Probably one of the most unreliable brands today.

[@phill.2924]

They went from world-class to freefall in quality.

[@Maybe-You-Know-Me-Not]

Where’s the heater control? - coming soon

[@JAMESPATTERSON-mk9sr]

16:47 MacLean Stevenson I know . I wonder who was the female in the bathing suit ?

[@gregatkinson7276]

When I was a kid (1960's) I remember my dad saying that they were air-cooled engine junk and that he would see them regularly along the highways with the "trunks up." LOL! Sure enough as I got older it proved true. I rode in a bug once and it was loud inside, crazy small, hard ride and everything was plastic. I noticed that even the doors were cardboard thin and knew for sure then that I would never EVER buy one! Funny how so many people have been duped by buying one of them...all because they looked different and was good on gas (when they ran.)

[@ericknoblauch9195]

When I was a kid, I remember in 1972 when the Volkswagen Beetle surpassed the Ford Model T by taking the title as the best selling car of all time. That is how many people who were duped into buying one. Beetles at the time were everywhere. I also knew a mechanic who drove a 1956 Beetle. The odometer on his bug turned over from 99,999 miles back to 00,000 ten times. He drove that bug over 1,000,000 miles. The body sagged, and it looked rather beat up but still ran when everyone else had a car that would not start, or was at a service facility being repaired. That bug was one of the most reliable cars in our neighborhood at the time because it ran when everyone else had car troubles.

[@jeb1273]

Good heater down to 30°f. After that, nicht.

[@Doc1855]

They were great cars, but the heaters always Sucked

[@janosistvan5226]

One of the best, least expensive and easiest cars to work on and own ever made. Then they stopped making them... We are living in a greedy, power-hungry idiot world. 😠

[@briangode1381]

I have said this several times before the makers of original Volkswagens beetles had the best ideas if only all auto makers did the same with all automobiles made we would all be safer nicer on our roads less crowded safer driving tho one problem is those volks who donot do proper mantaince on schedule or if things happen not sure of to do quick donot always have it looked at until problems this is not all volks but some on my last automobile I watched it all weather god bad drove less only easy slow does it from past learnings some of this is not possible to do when distance to auto shop closed you sick or else wise doing your best to avoid stop go traffic helps too preventwear tear on some parts now cars who wears what so called sex fashions our past lives on things we did at home dating music was better or more I love these videos comedy history just too bad we have to work mucho to pay bills slaves to debt credit cards who enjoys life much anymore bye bye

[@johnthemagnificent7022]

Compare these ads to the awful jaGuar ad of today 2024

[@StevePasquarella]

Took me 20 minutes and 3 wrenches.

[@unlvqasl]

If I remember correctly you could do almost all the work w a 17 mm wrench.

[@StevePasquarella]

@@unlvqasl yes, I believe that it was a 10mm,12mm and a 17mm, the hardest part was getting the heater cables loose from the heat exchanger at the engine.

[@SusanGeyer-l4k]

@@StevePasquarella . ...and I could change the fan-belt!