The Type 1 Volkswagen Beetle was determined the fourth most influential car in the twentieth century at the 1999 Car of the Century competition.
=== Bla Barnyi ===The Austro-Hungarian automotive engineer Bla Barnyi is credited with designing a similarly shaped car in 1925, as early as five years before Porsche's People's car concept was unveiled
 The result was the first Volkswagen, and one of the first rear-engined cars since the Brass Era

