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I’m here in lovely Bozeman, Montana for Volkswagen’s new Tiguan event, and, sure, the new Tig looks nice, but I’m more taken ...
The Corvair wasn't the only car that Ralph Nader considered questionably competent, he also railed against the VW Thing for its own safety shortcomings. Today's Nice Price or No Dice 181 may not ...
There's one weird, oddly specific thing from one of those shows I want to hone in on, though, and that's a mysterious VW Type 181 that's stayed with me for more than 20 years. I didn't think I ...
Maybe not. The Volkswagen 181 was instead a slightly more capable street car wrapped in a brilliant marketing plan. Inspired by the German military’s Type 82 Kubelwagen, but with Beetle ...
The Kübelwagen was eventually sold to the public as a civilian vehicle, the Type 181, known as the ‘Thing’ in North America. In the late 1970s, Volkswagen developed the Type 183 ...
But VW's convertible breadbox was called the Thing only in North America, where it went on sale in 1973; it was known elsewhere as the Trekker, the Safari or simply the Type 181 (right-hand-drive ...
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Beyond producing armed vehicles for the Nazis in World War II, the company developed and manufactured the Volkswagen Type 181 ...
The Country Buggy is one the rarest Volkswagens to ever go into production. And it was designed and built right here in ...
Volkswagen is still analyzing ways to inject a dose of adventure into its growing range of electric cars, according to a trademark application filed in Europe. It requested to protect the e-Thing ...
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