Wheelie and the chopper Bunch is the only cartoon I know of starring a VW beetle
Hanna-Barbera's Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch revolved around a friendly Volkswagen bug named Wheelie and his girlfriend, Rota Ree. The two vehicles were constantly being antagonized by a rebel gang of evil motorcycles called the Chopper Bunch. Wheelie could not talk. He expressed himself through his horn and his windshield, which displayed his inner wishes and feelings (a beating heart, an “idea” lightbulb, the word “CHARGE,” etc.) Rota Ree could talk, as could all other cars in the town and the Chopper Bunch
The pilot for the television show, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, took over two years to produce and cost over two hundred thousand dollars. Publicly, the delay was blamed on extensive casting troubles for the voice of the lead character, Wheelie. Finally Donald B. Jones II opted to have Wheelie express himself only through sound effects and images displayed on his windshield. But behind the scenes production was also slowed by constant and furious battles between Jones and the background artist, Fernando "Monte" Montealegre.
