Photo Gallery «On the road in the original Beetle - VW Type 11 from 1948»
In 1948, less than 100,000 Volkswagens had been produced; exports had only just begun. But the car was already proving to be quite mature. Nevertheless, hardly anyone would have bet that 21 million VW Beetles would one day be produced. And probably not even those lucky ones who were able to buy a new Volkswagen back then would have believed it. This driving report is about a very early VW Type 11 from 1948 and shows it in current and historical pictures, supplemented by sales literature and operating instructions.
Production was still slow, but even then German thoroughness resulted in a very convincing and cost-effective car
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VW Type 11 (1949) - View into the cockpit
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