AutoMuseum

Lonely Planet review

After the whizz-bang, showbiz aplomb of Autostadt, its sister AutoMuseum is pretty low-key. You proceed through a hallway of ads (in German), which make you realise how central its 'cheeky chappie' persona was to the Beetle's success. Then you turn the corner and a room full of that personality confronts you. The museum often lends its cars to other exhibitions, so it's impossible to list exactly what you'll see.

However, its collection does include a vehicle used in the Herbie, the Love Bug movie, a Beetle built from wood, the original 1938 Cabriolet presented to Adolf Hitler on his 50th birthday, and (our favourite) a white, see-through, iron-lace Beetle built by Mexican factory workers for the wedding of some colleagues. Amphibious Beetles and a few Passats and Golfs complete the show.