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Volkswagen ends Beetle production in Mexico to make room for SUV

A Beetle is displayed during a ceremony marking the end of production at the automaker's plant in Puebla, Mexico. (Reuters)
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Sharay Angulo
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Reuters
July 11, 2019 07:39 AM

PUEBLA, Mexico -- Volkswagen rolled the last Beetle off the assembly line on Wednesday, the end of the road for a car that ran from Nazi Germany through hippie counterculture but failed to navigate a swerve in consumer tastes toward crossovers and SUVs.

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