In the August 2019 edition of Auto Motor Klassiek we paid attention to Richard van der Bijl, his Siku collection and especially his VW 1200 Export. His newly delivered in Sweden and today personalized Beetle from…
When owner Marc happily informs me that we can photograph a great, 50-year-old 7-seater station wagon, it could be German, French, Swedish or American, but in any case something beautiful. When I was in a neighborhood a few days later…
After its birth in 1975, the Volkswagen Polo developed into a crowd favorite. The Polo was positioned as a cheaper brother of the Audi 50, but it soon appeared to surpass it in popularity. The first series of the Polo…
In 1968, the Beetle was highly dated and the market was begging for a larger, more luxurious and more modern car. And according to VW, this newcomer also had to seriously compete with, for example, the Opel Rekord, of which Opel produces approximately…
In fact, tuning means 'adjusting' (to the optimum). To us it sounds like 'making it faster'. The son of a comrade had his Suzuki tuned… Chip tuning. The Swift was clearly improved. It grew from 125 to 141…
Well. With the wind blowing at the head of a 2CV, you now have to plan some extra travel time. Such a 2CV has its limitations. But Volkswagen made Beetles, Porsche 911s, Tatra air-cooled V8s and the…
Classics are regularly offered with 'the steering wheel on the wrong side'. That steering wheel on the right was once quite normal. The splitting of the minds came later. The idea is that classics from countries where cars are driven on the right…
This week, Volkswagen reflected on an event that actually took place sixteen years ago. The last Beetle, actually a retro version of VW's Typ 1, rolled off the production line in Mexico this week. That event was heralded as the end…
In 1966, American Kathleen Brooks signed the order form for the car, which she still owns. She bought her Beetle in December 1966 in Riverside, California. Since then she has been with Annie – as she…
