You blew it on that one!
The VW was designed in Detroit, by the Chrysler Corporation, and first marketed as the Desoto Air Flow. The car never sold well, so the rights to the design were sold to Ferdinand Porsche (yes, as in the sports car) who scaled it down about 10% smaller, and smoothed out the body a little more.
Ramsey Clark is an idiot though ;o)
Sure, just ask Richard "Shoe Bomber" Reid and Anthony "Dirty Bomber" Padilla about the great peace initiative of Islamic prison outreach.