Filed under: Classics , Minivan/Van , Europe , Plants/Manufacturing , Volkswagen Volkswagen buyers in the Netherlands will soon have the opportunity to get their hands on a brand-new 2012 Volkswagen Type 2 Microbus. That’s right, the original hippie van will be available brand-new in Holland as a 2012 model. How is that possible?
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Confirmed: Volkswagen Type 2 returns to Europe via Brazil
Filed under: Classics , Minivan/Van , Europe , Plants/Manufacturing , Volkswagen Volkswagen buyers in the Netherlands will soon have the opportunity to get their hands on a brand-new 2012 Volkswagen Type 2 Microbus. That’s right, the original hippie van will be available brand-new in Holland starting soon. How is that possible?
Filed under: Classics , Misc. Auto Shows In case you hadn’t noticed, Detroit is smack dab in the middle of America, and what is America if not welcoming? While the Woodward Dream Cruise may celebrate the heyday of The Motor City’s own brand of classic machinery, there’s a good bit of foreign influence as well. From Porsche and Volkswagen to Bentley and Rolls-Royce , Europe is very well represented indeed
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Woodward: Detroit welcomes imports and exotics
Filed under: Classics , Misc. Auto Shows In case you hadn’t noticed, Detroit is smack dab in the middle of America, and what is America if not welcoming? While the Woodward Dream Cruise may celebrate the heyday of The Motor City’s own brand of classic machinery, there’s a good bit of foreign influence as well. From Porsche and Volkswagen to Bentley and Rolls-Royce , Europe is very well represented indeed.
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First Drive: Volkswagen Bulli On the road in Captain Future’s retro concept car. The Volkswagen Bus is back — for good this time, we hope. Four months after its debut at the Geneva show, the one-off Bulli concept car was shipped to Southern California where it met its forebear, a 1963 Type 2 Deluxe fifteen-window bus.
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First Drive: Volkswagen Bulli
Filed under: Classics , Minivan/Van , Volkswagen , Design/Style If there’s any one vehicle that can realistically challenge the Beetle in the annals of historic Volkswagens, it’s the Transporter. More often referred to as the Microbus or just the Bus, the real original minivan first saw the light of day in 1950 as the Type 2 (the Beetle, naturally, was the Type 1). As with the Beetle, it’s the earliest models that incite the most butterflies in the hearts of air-cooled VW enthusiasts, though the machines remained collectible all the way through the early 1990s. And, if Volkswagen executives have their way, the iconic Bus may once again enter production.
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Report: VW execs want Bulli to compliment Beetle in Heritage Collection