years it was the world s most frequently billed car and most frequently billed convertibles even at a hefty extra price over $330000.00 v.w. convertibles were sold a record for the time it cost. when in 1978 los wagon announced it was terminating production of the beetle convertible it caused an uproar among fans even so the last convertible rolled off the assembly line on january 10th 1000 a.d. but in class it wasn t stopped rich stuff concludes that as a clash low status symbol the beetle convertible carried an entire genre from the pre-war era into the present the elegant he had fuel efficient open top 4 seater is still lots of fun to drive and takes part of the credit for today s ongoing convertible boom that secures that $1200.00 place as a milestone of automotive history. the open time golf one was the 1st convertible to match the veteran beetle 400000 sales made the gold one another