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Komenda remained loyal to his own ideas but also understood how to work with his
colleagues to solve the most difficult of problems.
Privately he was a modest, unselfish man.
He never spoke of his own success. To
him joy in achievement was of more importance than the aim of making money. Komenda left his Austrian property to his family this however
did not make them rich.
Komenda was an
active worker up to his early sudden death on 22nd August 1966. Komenda’s final resting
place is in the family grave in Weyer an der Enns.
Erwin
Komenda lived to see the fulfillment of his earlier dreams; on the fifth of
August 1955 the millionth Beetle in its original unchanged form was produced and
was being exported to more than one hundred countries.
During 1965 the number of Beetles produced exceeded the one million
barrier for the first time. With the help of his widely-accepted bodywork designs Komenda
saw how successful the German economic miracle and the rise of Porsche were.
Testament to his life’s work were the construction drawings,
development protocols and patent applications in addition to the easily
recognisable and easily classifiable avant-garde car designs which still bring
joy to the heart of car enthusiasts today.
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