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Beetlemania
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beetlemania
English
Etymology
From en Beetle -mania, jokingly playing on en Beatlemania.
Noun
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en informal Enthusiasm for Volkswagen Beetle automobiles.
Warren Brown Area Auto Dealers Overwhelmed by Beetle Demand https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1998/04/22/area-auto-dealers-overwhelmed-by-beetle-demand/f9bb529b-a261-4815-8096-826f78478b90/ https://archive.ph/GvbJ6 28 April 2024 22 April 1998 The outburst of Beetlemania has created long waiting lists at many of Volkswagen's 600 U.S. dealerships, some of which were ready to give up on the German automaker a few years ago.
Jude Webber Alan Hernández Pastén Mexican Beetlemania outlives demise of the Love Bug https://www.ft.com/content/09d6fe88-a652-11e9-984c-fac8325aaa04 https://archive.ph/T5cFH 21 March 2022 15 July 2019 Germany may have been the Beetle's birthplace, and Mexico its adopted home, but Beetlemania was a worldwide craze.
(article title) https://web.archive.org/web/20240413142823/https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-12-06/meet-the-mexico-city-family-keeping-beetlemania-alive 6 December 2019 Meet the Mexico City family keeping Beetlemania alive
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