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Volkswagen Typ 1 Standard "Käfer/Beetle"

1946-1953, Germany

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  fuel torque  
'46-53: flat-4/8V 5.8:1 1131cc.(69ci)

25DIN-hp

@3300rpm

1bbl 49lb-ft. (67Nm)

@2000rpm

performance:
engine topspeed 0-50mph 0-62mph 0-100mph 0-124mph

1/4mile

1.1l25hp:

105kph/65mph

?s 50.0s ?s ?s

?s @?mph/?kph

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 4.50-16
transmission/drive wheel: 4-speed/RWD

dimension/weight

length x width x height: 4070 x 1540 x 1550 mm (160.2 x 60.6 x 61.0 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 2400 mm - 1290/1250 mm (94.5 in - 50.8/49.2 in)
weight: 720 kg (1587 lb)
price: 5,300 DM (1948) - 4,800 DM (1949-1950) - 4,600 DM (1951) - 4,400 DM (1952) - 4,150 DM (1953)
production: 21,529,464 (all Beetle between 1945 and 2003)

This was the first production car of Volkswagen after WWII. Until 1953 the Beetle had the small read window also called "Brezelfenster" (= pretzel window)
The Beetle was built until 1978 in Germany and until 2003 in Mexico. The Beetle was imported from Mexico to Europe until 1985.
Pictures taken 2008 in Garbsen (near Hanover), Germany
 
VW Typ 1 Standard 1946-1953
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VW Typ 1 Standard 1946-1953
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VW Typ 1 Standard 1946-1953
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