I have two beetles vochos, 2001 and 1990, for me they are the best cars that were within the reach of average people, it's a shame they discontinued them, greetings from Guadalajara, Mexico

I was in Puebla factory in May 1981 when VW celebrate the 20 million with that Silver Beetle, it was a big meal with many of the executives and we the VW dealers. I was really honored to be part of that amazing event.

@carlc5748

Жыл бұрын

Viva el VOCHO!

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story with th 20 Millionth Beetle!

@victorpatino5882

Жыл бұрын

@@carlc5748 VOCHO. GREETINGS FROM CDMX!

@carlc5748

Жыл бұрын

@@victorpatino5882 Thanks for correcting my spelling, saludos!

Can’t thank you enough for this tour. You showed many models I never knew existed. When I was based at CFB Shilo in the late 1970’s the Germans shared the base with us. I was shocked to learn the VW van was their military police vehicle and the counterpart to our Jeep was what was known in Canada as the VW Thing. The Germans had 50 cal gun mounted on it. I personally owned the Fastback, the Squareback, a 1964 camper and a 1972 and a 1974 van and a 2003 Eurovan. I am now eyeing the electric VW mini bus which is expected to come out in late 2023. Again, thanks for the tour. It was awesome.

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that you enjoyed the VW Museum tour! Thank you for your service and sharing your story!

@skywalkercorp

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tour

@dyer2cycle

3 ай бұрын

Not sure why you are shocked, the VW was designed, and the factory built, immediately before WW2..oh, and the German "Jeep" was not the "Thing", it was the Kubelwagen, which was based on the mechanicals/chassis of the Type 1 Beetle...the "Thing" was built much later, but it did have a passing resemblance to the Kubel...the Kubel was also developed into the amphibious "Schwimmwagen". I wasn't aware of that civilian Police model, interesting...

I never have been there , but my VW has .

Had a '75 Super Beetle. Great car. Drove it from Anchorage across Alaska & Canada on the Al-Can highway to Ohio.

Cool cool cool supercool cool

Loved particularly seeing the RAZOR-EDGED KARMANN-GHIAS! I had one like the white one - except that it had a black roof! And the cream prototype is so remarkable! Has always been my all-time favourite car!

If the SILVERBUG's interior is so special, you should have shown this!

thank you for the walk through. a walk down memery lane.

super, super cool.

Unreal Thanks for the look Around Wish I could Go

Greetings from Japan. I bought 67 RHD beetle recently. Thanks for the great video 👍👍

I drove a 1957 bug in 1971. It was a good car. My only dislike was top speed. 60mph with strong headwind, 70 mph with no wind and 80 mph with strong tailwind.

@jnbfrancisco

Жыл бұрын

One of the great things about this 1957 beetle was the ability to adjust the worn ball joints. That is play in the suspension ball type connection. Just loosen a jam nut and turn a knob with two flats on it.

The militairy car you did not know is a VW Iltis, first series production 4 wheel drive car (build at the Audi factory in Ingolstadt) and the start of the quattro eara. The Iltis has a 4 cylinder water cooled engine with 1700cc. If you look at a DKW munga, you see various simularities in the body work. First build for the military purpose, later a civilian model was launched. Back in the day the Iltis costs the double of an Golf!

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I know we should mention Type 183. Eddy is more Type 2 expert and was the first time there. We didn't have a script.

@MarkHey

Жыл бұрын

Right, the Iltis was produced for the German military at first to replace the Auto Union Munga, which had a two stroke engine and basically the same layout, but the shorter 3 Cylinder DKW engine was easier to install. The Iltis has this relatively short whellbase and long overhang up front since the engine is a 4 cylinder Audi/VW watercooled engine mounted in front of the front axle, then the gearbox with a power output to the left and right, and one to the back. Basically the same layout was used in the first Audi Quattro, and rumour says during winter driving tests a standard Iltis was so much faster than any other car ( Frontwheel driven Audis and new VW Passat) that someone decided to put the Iltis powertrain in an Audi 80 and surprise Ferdinand Piech, who was the head of engineering of Audi at that time, and later the big Boss of the VW Group, who bought Bugatti and Bentley and was a grandson of Ferdinand Porsche. And he was a billionair, owning shares of Porsche, but also a workoholic.

Great to see Herbie back in the museum again after the HO event.

The 64 amphibious beetle has the rare Australian and Italian 50/50 rear taillight lenses

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

You have good eyes!

Están hermosos todos pero mi vochito es el más bonito del mundo

Thank's a lot for this interesting video. 😊 The special Schwimm-version was pretty cool👍

Love my 72 Super Beetle

Volkswagen Museum Tour in Wolfsburg

the green one with canvas doors goes for 150k+ or more in the market.

The ESVW1 from 1971/72 looks a little like the Audi 100, who was inspired by the design, but, as u pointed out, has a rear engine, flat boxer from the 411, 2 Litre , fuel injection, 100PS. Up front is a air intake , and the front is big enough for the layout of the Audi/Watercooled VW that came shortly after. I bet the secure cell and some features were used in the watercooled models.

I have back in the day the next one, the 50 anniversary, the Gray one, it was made in Mexico and exported to Germany, the engine was a 1200cc’s with special batch and a beautiful interior. Those wheels also never where sold in the Mexican market.

the volkswagen you like have switched the front with the back at the drawing table the back looks like the front.

Dos cosas! El prototipo EA 97, finalmente, se modificó con 4 puertas, y se produjo en Brasil en 1969. Y el prototipo del Karmann Ghia de 1960, tiene muchos elementos de diseño, de los productos Chrysler de la época. Sin duda inspirado por Virgil Exner. Saludos desde Argentina.

@pedroluisdematoslea0

Жыл бұрын

Aca en Brasil fue apodade de "Zé do Caixão". Las picaportes assemejava lo auto a un ataud.

Like and thanks from me. Country Azerbaijan

Nice

👋👍 - Excellent video - Thank you! (just subscribed)

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

Amazing 👍

Have YOU ever seen on early production model Karmann- Ghia Razor-Edge, the badge on the front is in fact (upright) oblong - with a round VW emblem embossed on it!

I think cool how blatant your urge to touch everything is. It shows just how enamored you are with Volkswagen. I wonder if you could've asked permission for a blanket pass to touch anything you wanted?

Juhuu meine Heimatstadt ist wieder im Internet 👀😂❤️ (Yaay my hometown is in the internet again)

I'll probably never have the chance to go see this, so thank you for giving me a glimpse! There's something about classic cars, especially VW that I love. Today's cars are just plastic, there's no style, and the colors of cars today are horrible!

Thanks Eddy!

2:15 that 1960 bug got the wrong taillights should have the glass snowflake lights. 1961 is the last year of those lights.

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

That Beetle is 1961 model built in 1960. So it's correct.

This video ROCKS! Can you post the museum's site link (in English)? Great display of excitement that I am sure we all feel.

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

www.automuseum-volkswagen.de/en/the-museum.html

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The so called "Breitbau" was inspired by the Porsche racecars, slantnose 911 Turbo, number 935 actually, and those rear fenders were inspired by a Tuner from Munich, Koenig. " Breitbau" means something like " Widebody" . The nametag on the frontbumber says "Oettinger" which was a really good company tuning VW's engines and chassis, based in Friedrichsdorf near Frankfurt, were i live. They even engineered the first 16valve engine based on the Golf 1,6 Liter, later also for bigger engines, and they engineered the 6 cylinder water cooled boxer engine for the bus.

Check out the beehive light on the back of this bus And the camera guy never points the camera at it at all

Thank you for an interesting trip! I just didn't see the BEETLE from Abbey Road! Is it in another museum? 🇺🇦🤝✌️🇩🇪

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the BEETLE from Abbey Road is usually displayed at Autostadt.

@pandobryman8067

Жыл бұрын

@@hotvwsmagazine Thanks for the answer! I have a Beetle, everything related to this legendary brand is very interesting.I haven't been to the museum yet, but I plan to visit this year.Your video once again prompted this.

The "schwimmwagen"'s hoses coming out of the rear deck - are they exhaust or are they air for the carbs?

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

Those hoses are for exhaust and intake was relocated to the interior.

I like to invite you to a coffe in my hometown Wolfsburg Museum in Germany has closed there Doors on Monday mostly.

Didn't see the VW 914!

I'm surprised Eddy hasn't seen info about some models like the Golf Country and the Iltis before. I've owned a couple of both...and there are a few in USA and Canada.

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I know we should mention Type 183. He is more Type 2 expert and was the first time there. We didn't have a script.

They need my volkswagen powered forklift and an atlamatic

Funfact: At 21:50 you passed the blueish Scirocco, one of the superrare TWOENGINE prototypes!

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

WOW!!!!! Now, I see the grill on the rear hatch! I know that VW did the Pikes Peak Hillclimb race with twin-engine Golf, but didn't know this Scirocco prototype!!!!!!!

En ese museo tienen VW Brasilias ??

@hotvwsmagazine

Жыл бұрын

We didn't see Brasilia at VW Museum at this time, but they might have it.

There's no way you would think that sedan was from 63. Opportunity lost?

And he didn’t even show the Bradley gt2

I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT THERE 991+691 TIMES

No Thing?

Vw postal van

My dad bombed this place in WW11 !

For being a museum, I was expecting to see a lot more of that earlier style versus the later model crap

If it hadn't been for all the skilled Turkish workers Germany imported from Turkiye after World War 2, Volkswagen ( PeoplesCar ) wouldn't be what it became & is today.

why do you just run through all the deformed vwtjes and pass the golf mk1 gti like a rocket. only those are the vws that are fascinating, the vans, the beetles and the mk1 waves the rest was just an outlier on the drawing board

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Cameraman is rubbish. Could have been a great tour otherwise.