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Volkswagen donated the car to the Smithsonian Institution for permanent exhibition in its industrial history section. [107] By 1973, over 16 million Beetles had been manufactured. [108] On 1 July 1974, the final Beetle was produced at the Wolfsburg plant after 11,916,519 examples were made there.
The Volkswagen Type 4 is a compact / midsize family car, manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen of Germany as a D‑segment car from 1968 to 1974 in two-door and four-door sedan as well as two-door station wagon body styles. The Type 4 evolved through two generations, the 411 (1968–1972) and 412 series (1972–1974).
The 1955 Type 14 Karmann Ghia was just the second Volkswagen passenger car ever produced, after the Beetle, and launched six years before the Type 3 notchbacks, fastbacks and Variants (squarebacks). They were faster and more expensive than the Beetle, but very cramped in the back, despite their wider, postwar and nearly slabsided body design.
1285 cc Single port 1966, type 1, beetle only. With Higher compression, it developed 50 bhp. It was a problematic engine, and so only used in the North American market in type 2 vehicles for model year 1966. 1966 Volkswagen Beetle (Europe, North America) 1966-70 Volkswagen Beetle (Europe, Non-USA) 1966 Type 2 (North America)
On April 23, 1974, performance artist Chris Burden was crucified shirtless onto the back of a pale blue Volkswagen Beetle. [1] Burden stood on the car's rear bumper and leaned backwards. [ 2 ] His attorney hammered two nails through his open palms into the roof.
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia (1955–1975, also sold as Type 34 Karmann Ghia, 1500 Karmann Ghia Coupe) Volkswagen 1500/1600 (Type 3) (1961–1973) Volkswagen Type 147 Kleinlieferwagen (1964–1974) Volkswagen 411/412 (Type 4) (1967–1973) Volkswagen Country Buggy (1967–1969) Volkswagen 181 (1968–1983, also sold as Kurierwagen, Trekker, Thing ...
The Volkswagen Type 3 is a compact car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen from 1961 to 1973. Introduced at the 1961 Frankfurt International Motor Show, the IAA, the Type 3 was marketed as the Volkswagen 1500 and later as the Volkswagen 1600, in two-door notchback, fastback, and station wagon body styles, the latter marketed as the 'Squareback' in the United States.
A 1974 "Acapulco" Thing. The Volkswagen Type 181 is a two-wheel drive, four-door convertible, manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen from 1968 until 1983. Originally developed for the West German Army, the Type 181 also entered the civilian market as the Kurierwagen (“courier car”) in West Germany, the Trekker (RHD Type 182) in the United Kingdom, the Thing in the United States and Canada ...