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Pipe Dreams: How the air-cooled VW Beetle Heated its Cabin

In the wonderful, quirky world of the Volkswagen Beetle, even the heater has a story to tell. Without a liquid-cooled engine ...

When VW Beetle Owners Turned To Swamp Coolers To Survive The Summer

Their nickname stemmed from the unhealthy way some owners maintained them, but the "swamp coolers" Volkswagen owners used did the job in summer.
The Baltimore Sun

Beetlemania revisited? Volkswagen: The unkillable, lovable little cockroach of a car is coming back, with a more powerful engine, a higher price tag — and a heater that ...

Three times now, the buglike little car has been left for dead, as if abandoned with flat tires on the shoulder of the autobahn. Dreamed up by Adolf Hitler as the ultimate in family-car efficiency, ...
Times Colonist

Bill Vance: Beetle rival Dauphine offered four doors, better heater

The 1962 Renault Dauphine was elegantly styled and offered the four-door convenience that the VW Beetle lacked. Bill Vance One of the most attractive small sedans imported into Canada and the United ...