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The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, [a] is a small family car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. [ b ] One of the most iconic cars in automotive history, the Beetle is noted for its distinctive shape.
Suspension front and rear was via the VW's transverse torsion bars and trailing arms. The default power-train was likewise the air-cooled four-cylinder boxer engine and four-speed manual transmission with swing axles from the donor Beetle. The GT incorporated many parts from other cars built in larger volumes.
The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is an air-cooled, gasoline-fuelled, boxer engine with four horizontally opposed cast-iron cylinders, cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads and pistons, magnesium-alloy crankcase, and forged steel crankshaft and connecting rods.
The first Porsche car, the Porsche 64 of 1938, used many components from the Volkswagen Beetle. The 1948 Porsche 356 continued using many Volkswagen components, including a tuned engine, gearbox and suspension. The two companies continued their collaboration in 1969 to make the VW-Porsche 914 and Porsche 914-6. (The 914-6 had a 6-cylinder ...
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 ...
In September 1961, based on the new VW 1500 (Type 3) 'ponton' models introduced that same year, Volkswagen also introduced a new VW 1500 Karmann Ghia model (Type 34), [20] with a new body, designed by Italian engineer Sergio Sartorelli, [18] positioned above the Beetle-based Karmann Ghia 1200 and 1300 models. Featuring more angular 1960s ...
For dune buggies built on the chassis of a rear-engined existing vehicle, the Volkswagen Beetle has been most commonly used as the basis for the buggy, though conversions were made from other rear-engined cars (such as the Corvair and Renault Dauphine). [2] The model is nicknamed Bug, lending partial inspiration to the term "buggy."
Having been exported to many countries, the VW Beetle has gained an arguably unequaled reputation. [1] [2] The Volkswagen Type 1 automobile, also known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Bug, [3] is known colloquially by various names in different countries, usually local renderings of the word "beetle". [4] [5] Among these are: