Opposition from GDR

But there were other problems beyond the requirements of Hitler. Porsche quickly achieved the opposition of the GDR, which was the class of association of manufacturers of cars in Germany, for the design of the Volkswagen. With the production of the luxury car, the association hoped that the project does not follow below. Moreover, the government intervention concerned companies that wanted to launch their own account on the market of popular cars - one example was the executive of Opel (and ironically future chairman of VW), who contended that a car should not be produced by the government but by the manufacturers. Not enough political opposition, the VW Beetle should now go through the approval of the GDR, which would cover the costs of the project (depending which Hitler had them delivered), through a rigorous series of tests never before applied to any car.
The technical difficulties involved in the project were not minors. Manufacturing a small car that had the performance and reliability of specifications was a much greater challenge that the design of other cars of the time, and required the development of new technologies and intelligent solutions.