It seems as if the VW Beetle is immortal. Fans around the world adore this little bug. And we celebrate one of the most successful automobiles in history as a spectacular rally car: the rear always hanging out, the boxer engine emitting its unmistakable roar. Naturally the Salzburg Käfer takes centre stage. In the sixties and seventies, the Salzburg-based VW importer campaigned the Beetle at the highest sporting levels. And the competition – more often than not with significantly more powerful engines – were stunned “that you could turn a beetle into a really nasty animal”, as Gerhard Strasser, Salzburg’s race director, said with a grin on his face. This movie is all about the Salzburg Beetle’s rally heydays – how it all began and what happened to the works cars after the curtain fell in Salzburg when the 1973 “energy crisis” hit.