1952 Volkswagen Type 1
Engine: Rear air-cooled 4-cylinder boxer
Capacity: 1133 cc
Max. powered output: 25 bhp at 3300 rpm
Max. speed: 100 km/h.
Volkswagen produced 20,710,000 of its famous Beetle (Maggiolino in Italian) cars between 1945 and 1987: a record that will be hard to beat. Designed by Ferdinand Porsche before World War II as a car for the general public to be built in a new factory at Wolfsburg, it only started to roll off the assembly lines when peace returned. Within a few years, it was the world’s bestseller thanks to its proverbial ruggedness, reliability and low running cost.
Capacity: 1133 cc
Max. powered output: 25 bhp at 3300 rpm
Max. speed: 100 km/h.
Volkswagen produced 20,710,000 of its famous Beetle (Maggiolino in Italian) cars between 1945 and 1987: a record that will be hard to beat. Designed by Ferdinand Porsche before World War II as a car for the general public to be built in a new factory at Wolfsburg, it only started to roll off the assembly lines when peace returned. Within a few years, it was the world’s bestseller thanks to its proverbial ruggedness, reliability and low running cost.
