The following Volkswagen Beetle information is targeted mainly towards the export models that Volkswagen produced. In some cases this may only apply to models shipped to the United States. Sorry if this information only or mostly applies to models exported to the U.S.

1980 Remaining cars built after 12/31/79 carried 1979 serial numbers for emission reasons. Most of the "1980" models were produced during the 1979 production year.