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Final VW 'Beetle' model rolls off Mexican production line

VW Beetle
Volkswagen launched the final edition of its iconic "Beetle" car from its Mexican factory in Puebla [Photo, Getty Images]

German auto giant Volkswagen launched the final edition of its iconic "Beetle" car from its Mexican factory in Puebla on Wednesday.

The bug-shaped metallic blue sedan rolled off the production line in central Mexico to rapturous applause, the last of a model first manufactured in the late 1930s.

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