VW Beetle Magnet

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VW Beetle

It's the best-selling car of all time, with 21.5 million shifted in 64 long years. And no wonder, conceived in Germany as the perfect 'people's car', the Beetle proceeded to offer quality and reliability for ordinary drivers in an age when cheap rivals were often pretty nasty. The slope-backed car, immortalised in the Herbie movies, ended its days in Mexico, where its role as nation's most affordable car-and staple taxi - meant it soldiered on until 2003.

What you need to know

Haynes metal VW Beetle Magnet is an ideal gift or treat for any car enthusiast. Inspired by the exact front cover of the original Haynes manual.

Measuring approx 6.5 x 9.0 cm

Haynes Range

John Haynes wrote and published his first book, on building an Austin 7 Special, whilst he was still at school in 1956. He wrote two more ' builders' manuals while doing his National Service in the RAF. The first 'proper' Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, for the Austin Healy 'Frogeye' Sprite, was published in 1965. Based on the stripdown and rebuild of the project vehicle with an extensive use of step-by-step photographs, a process that has not changed to this day.

There are around 300 UK car manuals in print at present with 130 Plus UK motorcycle manual titles. (Not to mention equivalent ranges in the USA, France and Sweden.) Writing a car manual is no easy job, it takes 20 to 30 man-weeks. Authors work in pairs to help shorten the origination time and to avoid themselves going crazy. From the start of a project to the publication of the manual it usually takes between three to six months.

This range is great for motor enthusiasts, anyone with a passion for a specific car, or people who just appreciate the classic Haynes car manual imagery.

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