1969 Used Manual

1969 Volkswagen Beetle - Classic 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 Citroën 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 Käfer (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.