Vehicle Description
1969 Volkswagen Beetle For Sale. 4 cylinder engine, 4 speed manual
transmission, 15" eight spoke polished alloy wheels with radial
tires, bright red exterior, upgraded running boards, tinted glass,
chrome exhaust tips, upgraded front bucket seats with headrests,
Grant GT steering wheel, Sony AM/FM/CD radio. Here's a great
opportunity to own one of the most beloved cars of all time!!! FUN
FACTS: The original 25 hp Beetle was designed for a top speed
around 100 km/h (62 mph), which would be a viable speed on the
Reichsautobahn system. As Autobahn speeds increased in the postwar
years, its output was boosted to 36, then 40 hp, the configuration
that lasted through 1966 and became the "classic" Volkswagen motor.
The Beetle ultimately gave rise to variants, including the Karmann
Ghia, Type 2 and external coach builders. The Beetle marked a
significant trend, led by Volkswagen, Fiat, and Renault, whereby
the rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout increased from 2.6 percent
of continental Western Europe's car production in 1946 to 26.6
percent in 1956. The 1948 Citro�n 2CV and other European models
marked a later trend to front-wheel drive in the European small-car
market, a trend that would come to dominate that market. In 1974,
Volkswagen's own front-wheel drive Golf model succeeded the Beetle.
In 1994, Volkswagen unveiled the Concept One, a "retro"-themed
concept car with a resemblance to the original Beetle, and in 1998
introduced the "New Beetle", built on the contemporary Golf
platform with styling recalling the original Type 1. It remained in
production through 2010, being succeeded in 2011 by the more
aggressively styled Beetle (A5), which was also more reminiscent of
the original Beetle. The Volkswagen Beetle - officially the
Volkswagen Type 1, informally in Germany the K�fer (German,
"beetle") and in parts of the English-speaking world the Bug - is a
two-door, four-passenger, rear-engine economy car that was
manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from
1938 until 2003. With 21,529,464 produced, the Beetle is the
longest-running and most-manufactured car of a single platform ever
made.
