The owner of a 1970 model Volkswagen Beetle car holds the key to his car, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Market stall worker, Minilik Shewaferaw, 30, poses for a photograph next to his 1976 model Volkswagen Beetle in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has driven the car for three years. "I chose Volkswagen because it is affordable, easy to park and my luxury car indeed", Shewaferaw said.
Siyum Haile, 72, a retired United Nations (UN) employee and Jehovah's Witness, poses for a photograph next to his 1977 model Volkswagen Beetle car in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Haile said that he had used the car for seventeen years because it's strong, consumes less fuel and most of all it's the only car he can afford to buy in Ethiopia. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri
A mechanic pushes a Volkswagen Beetle car inside a garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A model of a Volkswagen Beetle toy is seen inside a Volkswagen Beetle car at a garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Ishetu Kinfe, 59, a mechanic, poses next to his 1965 model Volkswagen Beetle car at a garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has driven the car for 19 years. "I can drive it anywhere because it is strong, easy to maintain and affordable", Kinfe said.
A mechanic works on the engine of a Volkswagen Beetle car in a garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A Volkswagen Beetle car is seen inside a painting room at a garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Spare parts of Volkswagen Beetle cars are seen in a Volkswagen garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A Volkswagen car emblem is seen on the floor of a garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A Volkswagen Beetle car is abandoned near the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The interior of a Volkswagen Beetle car is seen at a garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Beetle was born in the 1930s out of dictator Adolf Hitler's desire to produce a cheap "people's car" for the German family. After World War Two it sold in the tens of millions around the globe and in the 1960s even starred in a Disney movie as Herbie the "Love Bug".
A Volkswagen Beetle car is seen whilst under maintenance at a garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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A 1978 model Volkswagen Beetle is parked near the Ethiopian National Theatre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A Volkswagen Beetle car is parked at a garage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Life after death for the 'Love Bug'
In Addis Ababa, cranky, 50-year-old Volkswagen Beetles enjoy a kind of life after death; their parts are never discarded but re-used to keep the city's remaining Beetles on the road.
