a Few car models can boast to be so iconic that they get their own nicknames, but the Volkswagen Transporter is, in fact, so iconic, that it has more.
the First copy of the Transporter drove off the assembly line at the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg 8. march 1950. Now, 70 years later, there are produced more than 13 million copies of the model, which is also known as 'Bulli', 'Van' or 'Microbus' to remote locations around the world.
the Transporter came on the market in the postwar period, because many new companies in Europe, needed a reliable vehicle with good space. Volkswagen's solution to the demand for a compact van with maximum use of space thanks to the location of the boxermotoren in the rear, cab front and plenty of space in between.
today the associated model both to be everything from a hippiebus to a hard-working arbejdsbil for craftsmen, and adventurous.
You probably should turn the clock back to the beginning of the 1950s and the end of the 1960s to find the answer as to why the model is pulling the threads to hippiekulturen.
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the First generation, T1, was initially introduced as a panel van, van with double cab and 8 seater. The most legendary version of the Bulli or the Van came in 1951 under the name of 'Micro Bus de Luxe', but the model is enough, in fact, more known under its unofficial name 'Samba Bus'.
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Here you can see the different generations of the Volkswagen Transporter. Photo credit: VW
Samba Bus had windows all the way around and in the roof and a folding roof in the canvas.
the VW model was synonymous with the liberal-minded hippietilværelse and was a good means of transport, because there was room for many on board, just like the model was cheap to keep running.
In august 1969 wrote musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan history, when they appeared at the Woodstock festival. Here, it was probably the most famous photo of a VW bus roof, when a few hippies were photographed on top of a flower-power decorated T1.
today, called the latest version of the VW Transporter '6.1'. The model came on the market in the autumn of 2019, and the model has everything, what the heart desires of the modern equipment.
VW has on previous occasions lifted the veil of Transporterens future. Under the name of ID.BUZZ is launched, Transports, namely in an electric version, and the preparations for the production of ID.The BUZZ in Hanover in 2022 is in full swing.
- Thus, Transporter-equipped to take the hole in the next 70 years, says Volkswagen.
the Cars - 6. christmas. 2019 - at. 10:45 the VW has put the power to the iconic flipperbus from 1962
today, the early editions of Van highly sought after, and Bilbasen are, for example, a VW Samba 1966 for sale for 599.900 kr.
