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There is too much resemblance to think this was not inspired by the VW Beetle,
except for the fact that the final Beetle design did not appear until 1938.
If this Briggs car was designed in 1933, before the Beetle, then it must have been an original.
Who knows...maybe Porsche copied from the Americans?
But then again, all these designers shared and stole designs from each other in the early 30s.
The famous Spitfire wing shape was a German design, that RJ Mitchell supposedly studied and copied before the second world war.
The article whulsey posted above says that Porsche had a "Beetle shape" design down in 1932...that Briggs may have copied.
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