The New York Times ran a story by Phil Patton this morning about the demise of the Volkswagen Beetle. This is a nostalgic moment for many people — myself included. I first became acquainted with the Beetle in engineering school, when a good friend of mine had one that he used as a "transport service" for many of his fraternity brothers. On a recent trip to Mexico City, I was surprised to see brand new "1967" Volkswagen Beetles. In Mexico, they call them the vocho (pronounced Bocho). I saw them in every imaginable color. Here is a collection of the ones I saw — from the photo gallery. 
On Thursday, July 3, 2003 The Times showed a picture of the 21,529,464th “Beetle” built worldwide. It rolled off the production line in Puebla, Mexico and will be shipped to a car museum in Volkswagen’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.
The link to the New York Times story may not work if you are not a Times subscriber. I was going to post the story or at least a summary of it but the Times is very restrictive about this. They charge $100 for a summary to be posted for one month or $600 to post the entire story for a year.

• Photo Gallery – Mexico City trip 2002 – bochos
• Photo Gallery – Mexico City trip 2002