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Volkswagen name

I cannot figure out how the word "Volkswagen" translates into "People's car". 173.86.41.249 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:03, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

This isn't an article on the German language. It is broken down at Wiktionary. --Dennis Bratland (talk)

"Volkswagen" literally means "folk's wagon," which, in simple terms, means "people's car." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:1003:6346:B4D5:50AF:4EC:7564 (talk) 20:30, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Is 'Beetle' a wrong nickname?

After a recent visit to Germany, I realized that what they know as: 'Käfer', the local name for VW People's Car, is: Ladybug, and not: Beetle. I'd say this is important, as feelings elicited by both types of insect are not same. Patent GB570814A -of open and free download in Espacenet, applied in Sept 1943 by Roy Fedden, most known from his research in Sleeve valve, draws a Car exactly with the same arrangement and look as VW's: 'Ladybug'. ??? Salut +

I'm not sure the matter is worth pursuing, but as an alternative to getting on with what I'm meant to be doing ..... I do remember back in the 1960s being told that "Beetle" is British English and "Bug" is US English. But these days I think "Beetle" works just fine in pink-skin-majority countries where English is the first language. But of course if you go to Germany - and especially if you get away from the hotels and restaurants and by doing that manage to find someone who doesn't insist on conversing in embarassingly good English - the word is "Käfer". "Kever" in Dutch, "Coccinelle" in Italian and French. I would have thought the German word "Marienkäfer" would normally be translated into English as "Ladybird" and into American as "Ladybug". And vice-versa in both cases. I've not heard "Marienkäfer" used for a Volkswagen Typ(e) 1. Maybe you encountered a regional dialect? Maybe I don't know as much about the names they give Volkswagens as I'd thought I did. Happy day Charles01 (talk) 13:55, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

It's like those other languages have a different word for everything. The German word käfer doesn't even appear in this article. It's mentioned over in Volkswagen Beetle. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 00:38, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Even on the German language version of VW's website, the car is currently referred to as the English word "Beetle". (source) -- Scjessey (talk) 22:22, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Volkswagen new logo of 2019

I’ve heard from Logopedia on Wikia that on June 5th of 2019, Volkswagen changed their logo. The logo isn’t mentioned everywhere right now, though it is appearing on the newest Volkswagen commercials. Here’s the proof: https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Volkswagen#2019.E2.80.93present

Now I know this feels a little bit idiotic, but you may think that it looks like a printed version of a Volkswagen logo, well it is, but it’s their official logo. They went back to a 2D logo again, and this is also for their new line of electrical cars.

I think that one of the experts here on Wikipedia should upload and update this article with the new Volkswagen logo. I don’t want to do it myself, because of Wikipedia’s (not-so-good) Copyright Images Rights. I’ve tried to do it one time with updating a different logo, but that failed, so I just wanted to make a quick reminder. REALAreesh101 (talk) 19:06, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Edit warring about the new logo

There's a bit of an edit war about the logo used on the page. The new logo was unveiled last summer so it's been a while. I believe the disagreement on which logo to use in the article is in large part due to the fact that the 3D logo is prettier than the new 2D logo and that people are accustomed to the old logo. These are two pretty bad reasons for not using the new logo. If you believe that we need to keep the old logo, please make your case here rather than reverting to it so that we can get a consensus about it. Pichpich (talk) 23:31, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Volkswagen Tupka86 (talk) 20:44, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

That comment does not explain why you're fighting for the old logo and recruiting other Wikipedians to do it for you. Pichpich (talk) 23:31, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Volkswagen Tupka86 (talk) 12:19, 1 June 2020 (UTC)