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 as a 2012 model. How is that possible?

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Confirmed: Volkswagen Type 2 returns to Europe via Brazil

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?

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Volkswagen Type 2 returns to Europe via Brazil

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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Woodward: Woodward 2011: 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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A Life Bus in Pictures: The Volkswagen Bus turns 60 *Updated

Filed under: Classics , Minivan/Van , Volkswagen Volkswagen Bus turns 60 – Click above for high-res image gallery Many automakers will build cars for decades and never create a product that can truly be considered a cultural icon. Few that do produce multiple such models. One of those is Volkswagen .The original Beetle/Bug/Type 1 is recognizable almost anywhere and even by people that know nothing about cars. The Beetle itself spawned another icon in the form of the Type 2 (or Microbus ), a vehicle that is celebrating its diamond anniversary in 2010.

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A Life Bus in Pictures: The Volkswagen Bus turns 60 *Updated

A Life Bus in Pictures: The Volkswagen Type 2 turns 60

Filed under: Classics , Minivan/Van , Volkswagen Volkswagen Type 2 – Click above for high-res image gallery Many automakers will build cars for decades and never create a product that can truly be considered a cultural icon. Few that do produce multiple such models. One of those is Volkswagen .The original Beetle/Bug/Type 1 is recognizable almost anywhere and even by people that know nothing about cars. The Beetle itself spawned another icon in the form of the Type 2 (or Microbus ), a vehicle that is celebrating its diamond anniversary in 2010

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A Life Bus in Pictures: The Volkswagen Type 2 turns 60