Next Previous Australia’s Oldest Split Window VW Beetle? by Brian 1 August 2004 comment 0 Editorial Features - Cars, Photography Australias Oldest VW, canon 10d, car photography, Split Beetle, Volkswagen Spectacular, VW Bug, VW Magazine Australia Tweet Pin It Could this example be the oldest in the country? It’s a 1949 split beetle from the Volkswagen Spectacular show in 2004. Perhaps someone could review the images and chime in?