Three generations of Volkswagen put to the test - KDF 1939, Beetle 1952 and 1962
Artikel verschenken
Jetzt abonnieren und Artikel verschenken
Machen Sie sich, Ihrer Familie und Ihren Freunden eine Freude: Mit einem Abo können Sie unbegrenzt Artikel verschenken.
PDF nicht verfügbar
Technischer Fehler
Das PDF konnte aus technischen Gründen nicht erzeugt werden. Bitte kontaktieren Sie den Kundensupport via contact us.
PDF drucken
«PDFs runterladen und drucken» ist exklusiv für unsere Premium-PRO-Mitglieder vorbehalten.
Premium Light
EUR/CHF
4.70 monthly
Premium PRO
EUR/CHF
105.00 yearly
For true classic car fans
Premium PRO 2 Years
EUR/CHF175.00 (-16%)
Amazing discount and benefits
More premium offers, including combo deals, can be found in the online shop.
Already a premium member? Log in here.
Zu Merkliste hinzufügen
Login
Premium-Abo kaufen
Premium Light
EUR/CHF
4.70 monthly
The Starter Plan
Premium PRO
EUR/CHF
105.00 yearly
For true classic car fans
Premium PRO 2 Years
EUR/CHF175.00 (-16%)
Amazing discount and benefits
More premium offers, including combo deals, can be found in the online shop.
Already a premium member? Log in here.
Sie lieben grosse Fotos? Wir auch!
Und wir wollen sie auch gerne weiterhin mit Ihnen teilen: Einfach hier kostenlos registrieren.



































































































































































You have only
1 out of 82
images seen in high resolution
Information
To see more images in high resolution, you need to log in.
Summary
In 1962, five million VW Beetles had already been sold, and nobody could have guessed that this figure would one day reach 20 million. But even then, people wondered about the long-lasting success of the model and wanted to know how the latest examples from 1962 differed from the original model from 1939 or the post-war version from 1952. The magazine 'hobby' brought the three together for comparison. This article reproduces the original wording of the test report from back then and shows the three generations of Beetle in many historical pictures and the original model even in its original sales brochure.
This article contains the following chapters
- 1939: The egg of Professor Porsche
- 1952: The 'faithful Heinrich'
- 1962: The 'price breaker'
- And the conclusion?
- The improvements from 1940 to 1961 (excerpts)
- Comparison of technical data/driving performance
Estimated reading time: 12min
Preview (beginning of the article)
More than five million cars of the same type - that is probably a unique record in the European automotive industry! Since 1939, the same car has been rolling off the production line day after day in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, just before the Iron Curtain went up. hobby investigated the interesting question at the wheel of three generations of Volkswagen: What has actually happened to the Volkswagen over the decades? To what extent is the VW from 1952 still identical to the one from 1939? And in what ways does the 1962 VW still resemble the 1952 VW? We can anticipate the result: the three generations only match in the idea.
Continue reading this article for free?
Unlock Premium article
Photos of this article











