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NEW BEETLE 1998–2010

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The Volkswagen New Beetle is a compact car, introduced by Volkswagen in 1997,
drawing heavy inspiration from the exterior design of the original Beetle.
Unlike the original Beetle, the New Beetle has its engine in the front driving
the front wheels, with luggage storage in the rear. Many special editions have
been released, such as the Malibu Barbie New Beetle.[1] In May 2010, Volkswagen
announced that production of the current body of the New Beetle would cease in
2011.[2]

In 2011, a new model replaced the New Beetle, called simply the Volkswagen
Beetle.


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LUPO 1998–2004

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The Lupo is a city car manufactured by German automaker Volkswagen from 1998 to
2005.

The Lupo was introduced in 1998 to fill a gap at the bottom of the VW model
range caused by the increasing size and weight of the VW Polo. The 1998 VW Lupo
was a badge-engineered version of the stablemate 1997 SEAT Arosa.The car was
available with a variety of engine sizes and trim levels, from budget models
through to the hot hatch GTI variant.

Production of the Lupo, sports coupe, ceased in 2005, replaced by the Fox.

The Lupo name is Italian, meaning wolf, and is named after its home town
of Wolfsburg.




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CORRADO 1988–1995

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The Volkswagen Corrado is a sports car developed by German automaker Volkswagen,
designed by Herbert Schaefer [1] and built by Karmann in Osnabrück, Germany,
between 1 September 1988 and 31 July 1995. In 1990, the Corrado went on sale in
the United States.

Originally conceived as a possible successor to the Porsche 944, the Corrado is
a three-door hatchback coupé with a 2+2 seating layout. The car’s floorpan is
based on the A2 platform (i.e. MK2 Golf/Jetta) and, with the exception of VR6
models, all versions use the subframes, suspension, steering and braking
components from the A2 model range. The VR6 uses suspension components from the
A3 model range, including the rear axle assembly and some parts of the A3’s
‘plus’ type front axle assembly. The subsequent wider front wheel-track of the
Corrado VR6 necessitated the fitting of new front wings with wider wheel arches
and liners along with a new front bumper assembly. Together with a new
raised-style bonnet to accommodate the VR6 engine, these body improvements were
carried across the model range.

Auto Express magazine describe it as “Regarded as one of VW’s best-ever drivers’
cars”.[2] The VR6 model was listed as one of the “25 Cars You Must Drive Before
You Die” by the British magazine, Car and ‘By far the most desirable version of
the Corrado’ by Auto Express.[2] In MSN Autos ‘Cool Cars We Miss’ feature they
listed the Corrado among its top eight “Gone but not forgotten: a short list of
cars once loved, still missed”, describing it in the following manner: “The VW
Corrado VR6 is coveted because of its seductive styling, road handling
capabilities and its role as trailblazer, introducing the VR6 to the American
market.”[3]

All models featured an electrically adjustable rear spoiler, which can be raised
or lowered by the driver.[2]

In 1988 in the first incarnation of the BBC TV show Top Gear, the racing car
driver and presenter, Tiff Needell, reviewed the Corrado in G60 form, giving it
a positive review and stating that “Handling-wise, the Corrado is classic
front-wheel drive, and it’s really very, very good indeed.” In 2003, in series 3
of the relaunched Top Gear, presenter Richard Hammondidentified the Corrado as a
future classic, “a kind of classic waiting in the wings… I think it’s really
rather special… the result is fantastic.”[4] He also stated that the Corrado
“was too expensive, and nobody bought it”.

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DERBY 1977–1981

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The Volkswagen Derby is a booted saloon (three-box) version of the Volkswagen
Polo supermini, produced by the German automobile maker Volkswagen, between 1977
and 1981.



With 72,412 sold in 1977 alone the car was initially popular, outselling the
Polo sister model in that year, but sales quickly tailed off in subsequent
years.[2]

During 1981, Volkswagen introduced the second generation Polo and the second
generation Derby; in 1984 the Derby name was dropped and the saloon version of
the Polo became the Volkswagen Polo Classic.

Most parts of the Derby are interchangeable with the Mk1 Polo, and many
drivetrain components are compatible with the Mk2 models. Body parts at the rear
and also the rear window are different and are directly attributable to the
original design version of this vehicle, which was intended to be marketed as
the Audi 60. Lights of the early version are the same as the Mk1 Polo and the
car which began this design: the Audi 50, which dates to just before the full
merger of Audi and Volkswagen.

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411 1968–1972

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The Volkswagen Type 4 is a mid-sized car manufactured and marketed
by Volkswagen of Germany 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 (1968–72) and 412 series (1972–74).

Designed under the direction of Heinrich Nordhoff and introduced at the Paris
Motor Show in October 1968,[2] the 411 was Volkswagen’s largest passenger
vehicle with the company’s largest engine – with styling credited to Carozzeria
Pininfarina, who at the time had an advisory contract with Volkswagen.[3] The
cars retained VW’s trademark air-cooled, rear placement, rear-wheel drive, boxer
engine with a front/rear weight distribution of 45/55%[3] and a forward cargo
storage (14.1 cf)[4] — while also introducing design and engineering departures
for the company – including a completely flat passenger area floor and
suspension using control arms and MacPherson struts. Volkswagen had prototyped
a notchbacksedan version of the 411, without introducing it to production.

Over its six year production run, Volkswagen manufactured 367,728 Type 4 models,
compared with 210,082 of the subsequent Volkswagen K70 with its four year model
life. In the United States, VW sold 117,110 Type 4s over four model years. As
Volkswagen’s last air-cooled sedans and wagons, the Type 4 models were succeeded
by the first generationPassat, marketed as the Dasher in the USA.



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COUNTRY BUGGY 1967–1969

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In 1967, Volkswagen Australasia Ltd. started with a project vehicle designed
for Australia‘s rough conditions. This vehicle, designated Country Buggy or Type
197, was designed by project head Volkswagen Australasia’s Managing Director
Rudi Herzmer and VW Engineer Cyril Harcourt in VW Australia’s Clayton factory.

The Country Buggy was based on an Australian-made Type 1 platform with engine,
gearbox and front axle from the Type 1. The rear swing axles had reduction gears
from a 1st generationVolkswagen Transporter (1950–1967).

Originally, the idea was to make the Country Buggy an amphibious vehicle,
however directives from VW Germany curtailed this vision.

The Country Buggy started production in July 1967, with exports to
the Philippines, Singapore, New Zealand and some small Pacific nations.

The Country Buggies in the Philippines were marketed as the Sakbayan,
a portmanteau of the Tagalog words “sasakyan” (vehicle) and “bayan” (nation,
country, or people), and reflects the name of Volkswagen meaning “people’s car”
in German. In the Pam Grier film Black Mama, White Mama, several Country Buggies
were seen as police vehicles. These were in fact the Sakbayans, as the filming
location took place in the Philippines.

VW Australasia’s Country Buggy also caught the attention of the chief heads in
Wolfsburg, and one or two were sent to Wolfsburg for evaluation. In reality, VW
was developing their own Country Buggy competitor, the Volkswagen 181.

A Country Buggy with a canvas awning style roof can be seen very clearly in an
Australian Coca Cola commercial from 1969 featuring an Australian band called
“The Executives”

The Country Buggy was not a big success. It had some early reliability problems
which doomed it, as well as it being ahead of the market trend of the day.

 

Production ended in 1969 with only one thousand, nine-hundred fifty-six units
built. Very few Country Buggies survive in the roads today, but Sakbayans are
being restored in the Philippines following increasing interest in the
original Volkswagen Beetle.In the Philippines at around these time of years −,
the Volkswagen Sakbayan appears to be an assembled automobile in the Philippines
in these type of car bodies:

 * a two-door coupe with windows and doors,
 * and a roofed version of the coupe which has no doors, much like a jeep.

Productions of these Sakbayans are referred in the commercials as a car that
mixes the stamina of a truck and the affordability of a small car, in short,
this is an all-around small car that can go off-road. At present, since these
cars are rarely found in the roads, there are several car clubs that restore and
show their Sakbayans as pride to the Philippine roads.

 

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181 1969–1983

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The Volkswagen Type 181 was a two-wheel
drive, four-door, convertible, off-road, military vehicle manufactured
by Volkswagen from 1968 to 1983. Originally developed for the German Army, the
Type 181 was also sold to the public, as the Kurierwagen in Germany,
the Trekker in the United Kingdom, the Thing in the United States (1973-1974),
and theSafari in Mexico. Civilian sales ended after model year 1980.

Manufactured in Wolfsburg, Germany (1968–1974), Hannover, Germany
(1974–1983),Puebla, Mexico (1970–1980), and Jakarta, Indonesia (1973–1980), the
Type 181 shared its mechanicals with Volkswagen’s Type 1 (Beetle); its platform
with the pre-1968 Volkswagen Microbus ; and its concept with the
company’s Kübelwagen, which had been used by the German military during World
War II.



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1500/1600 1961–1973

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The Volkswagen Type 3 (sold as the Volkswagen 1500 and later the Volkswagen
1600) was a compact car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen (VW), introduced
at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show, Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) and
ultimately available in two-door  notchback, fastback and station
wagon  variants.

The Type 3 diversified Volkswagen’s product range beyond the existing models —
the Type 1 (Beetle), Type 14 Karmann Ghia, Type 2 (Bus)— while retaining their
engineering principles, notably the air-cooled engine and the rear-engine,
rear-wheel drive layout.

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KARMANN GHIA 1955–1974

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The Volkswagen Karmann Ghia is a sports car marketed in both 2+2 coupe
(1955–1974) and convertible (1957–1974) body styles by Volkswagen. The Karmann
Ghia combined the chassis and mechanicals of the Type 1 (Beetle) with styling
by Luigi Segre of the Italian carrozzeria Ghia and hand-built bodywork by the
German coach-builder Karmann.

The Karmann Ghia was internally designated the Type 14. Volkswagen later
introduced a variant in 1961, the Type 34, featuring angular bodywork and based
on the newly introducedType 3 platform.

Production doubled soon after its introduction, becoming the car most imported
into the U.S. American industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague included the
Type 14 in his list of the world’s most beautifully designed products.


More than 445,000 Karmann Ghias were produced in Germany over the car’s
production life – not including the Type 34 variant. Karmann Brazil produced
41,600 cars locally for South America between 1962 and 1975.



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VOLKSWAGEN SCHWIMMWAGEN 1942–1944

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The VW Type 128 and 166 Schwimmwagen (literally Floating / Swimming Car)
were amphibious four-wheel drive off-roaders, used extensively by the
German Wehrmacht and theWaffen-SS during theSecond World War. The Type 166 is
the most numerous mass-produced amphibious car in history.

 

All Schwimmwagen were four wheel drive only on first gear (and reverse gears
with some models) and had ZF self-locking differentials on both front and rear
axles. Just like the Kübelwagen, the Schwimmwagen had portal gear rear hubs that
gave better ground clearance, while at the same time reducing drive-line torque
stresses with their gear reduction at the wheels.

When crossing water a screw propeller could be lowered down from the rear deck
engine cover. When in place a simple coupling provided drive straight from an
extension of the engine’s crankshaft. This meant that screw propulsion was only
available going forward. For reversing in the water there was the choice of
using the standard equipment paddle or running the land drive in reverse,
allowing the wheel-rotation to slowly take the vehicle back. The front wheels
doubled up as rudders, so steering was done with the steering wheel both on land
and on water.

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