Ngawo lowo nyaka eyaphela ngawo iMpi Yezwe II, ngo-1945, kwaqala uchungechunge lokukhiqizwa kwezinhlobo zezimoto ezibaluleke kakhulu: Uhlobo 1 noma, njengoba sekwaziwa phakathi kwethu, the Ibhungane.
Ngobuchwepheshe singasho ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kweCarocha kwaqala eminyakeni edlule, ngo-1938, okuwumvuthwandaba wephrojekthi eyasungulwa ama-socialist-nationalists. Kodwa-ke, ukukhiqizwa kwe-"KdF-Wagen" kwakuzophazamiseka ngemva kokwenziwa kwamayunithi angu-630, njengoba iWolfsburg yayizoguqulwa ukuze ikhiqize izikhali ngo-1939, unyaka wokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II.
Uhlobo loku-1 luzoqala kabusha ukukhiqiza uchungechunge ekupheleni kwempi ngo-1945, nezindawo zokukhiqiza zaseWolfsburg eza ngaphansi kokulawulwa ngamasosha aseBrithani kusukela ngoJuni 1945.
Kunokuba ibhidlize ifektri—eyalinyazwa kakhulu ukuhlaselwa kaningi eyabhekana nakho empini—i-British pragmatism yagcina iyisindisile, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yombono ka-Major Ivan Hirst kanye nesinyathelo esinqunyiwe. Ukubona kwayo kanye nekhono layo lokuthuthuka kwayivumela ukuthi ibuyiselwe ekukhiqizeni izimoto zabantu, njengoba kwakuhlosiwe ekuqaleni. Kungaba indlela eshesha kakhulu yokucindezela izidingo zokuthutha eziphuthumayo kule ndawo ephethwe yiBrithani.
Kuphuthuma kangakanani? Ngo-August 1945, kudala ngaphambi kokuba imoto yokuqala iphume emigqeni yayo yokukhiqiza, uHulumeni Wezempi WaseBrithani wayesefake i-oda lezimoto ezingu-20,000 eWolfsburg nguMajor Ivan Hirst.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Kwakungekho umzuzu owodwa wokulahlekelwa, naphezu kwalesi sikhathi sokushoda njalo kwezinto zokusetshenziswa (okwathatha iminyaka eminingana) kanye nezilinganiso zazo. Izinkinga okuhlangatshezwane nazo bezingagxilile kuphela ezintweni ezingavuthiwe, zadlulela nakubasebenzi - bazozihlalisa kuphi nokuthi bazondle kanjani?
Ngisho nakulezi zimo ezinzima, u-Major Ivan Hirst wakwazi ukubuyisela imboni futhi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva kukaKhisimusi 1945, ngo-December 27, uhlobo lokuqala lwaphuma emgqeni wokukhiqiza. . Ekupheleni kwalowo nyaka, kuzokhiqizwa amayunithi angama-55. Ngonyaka olandelayo, baqhubeka nokushoda kwezinto zokusetshenziswa, ugesi ngisho nokushoda kwabasebenzi, okwanciphisa ukukhiqizwa kwezimoto ezibalelwa ku-1000 ngenyanga.
Ukuqala kweVolkswagen
Kwakungesona isithiyo ekuphupheni phezulu, nalabo abanomthwalo wemfanelo wokudala izisekelo ezizokhula esikhathini esizayo, beqala ukuguqulwa kweVolkswagenwerk GmbH yangaleso sikhathi ibe iVolkswagen esiyaziyo namuhla, basungula insizakalo yokuthengisa kanye neyokuthengisa ngemva kokuthengisa. Ukuthunyelwa kwe-Carocha kwezinye izimakethe kwaqala ekuqaleni, ngo-1947.
Iqiniso liwukuthi lokhu kuthuthukiswa ngaphambi kwesikhathi kwefekthri yabantu abavamile ukukhiqiza ngobuningi iVolkswagen Type 1 kwanika iVolkswagenwerk GmbH isikhundla esihle kakhulu lapho umnotho waseJalimane uqala ukukhula ngokushesha ngemva kokwethulwa kohlobo lwemali entsha ngo-1949: iDeutschmark. Ifekthri iWolfsburg nayo yaphenduka yaba wuphawu lwesu lepolitiki yaseBrithani endaweni yaseJalimane, eyabona ukuphepha komnotho kanye namathemba ekusasa labantu njengezinto ezibalulekile zokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlaka zentando yeningi.
IVolkswagen Type 1, iCarocha, izogcina isingezinye zezimoto ezidume kakhulu emhlabeni. Ukukhiqizwa kweCarocha yasekuqaleni kwakuzophela ngo-2003 eMexico - eWolfsburg, lapho yaqala ukukhiqizwa khona, yayizophela ngoJulayi 1, 1974 - isamba samayunithi angu-21,529,464, izigidi ezingu-15.8 zazo eJalimane (satshalaliswa ezimbonini ezihlukahlukene zaseJalimane).