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A little drift. Even as is only appropriate for sports cars as the minor while toyota didnt give the g. T. 86. 00 a turbo charger but of course that means you have to push the engine a little fortunately this vehicle likes it it only hits its limits at 8000. 00 rpm which guarantees lots of driving pleasure its a blast to downshift and then stomp on a day sass and the sound inside is just what youd expect it to be a from a pedigreed sports car. So at the end of the day is the g. T. 86 really the impossible dream a sports car that one make a serious dent in your retirement fund. Other human almost says all in all he thinks its absolutely correct to call it a sports car and in its price to performance segment aside from the super o. B. R. E. C. It has virtually no competitors. Theres the mazda m. X. Fyvie adds but depending on the engine i can have up to 70 less horsepower under the hood from the. Armies of tradesmen ive spent a good part of their lives in the drivers seat of the very 1st generation of the v. W. Bus called simply the t one. Driver christophe powers taking one of the more than 1800000 t. Ones built for a spin the v. W. Bus was the right vehicle at the right time. Going to all that christophe recalls its history starting in 1947 as west germany was still rebuilding from the 2nd world war back then trades people urgently needed the practical utility van to carry their tools and materials from a to b. Despite the massive damage at the v. W. Plant and borg a solution was eventually found. At the time feed workers were carrying parts of materials with a transporter theyd built themselves by putting a simple flat bed on a beetle chassis and engine. The parts carrier inspired visiting dead porter bend to sketch what would become the v. W. Bus the engineering was based entirely on the still new beetle the only v. W. In production at the time. And that was what christoph continues and the outcome of 1948 i know ignored approve the construction of a utility van designed to carry a 750 kilogram payload based on the dependable v. W. Beetle but it was not that easy nor cheap as it happened the beetle chassis tended to break up under a full load on the poor quality roads of the time. The beatles platform chassis wasnt Strong Enough to handle no one and i have tons. Of a fully loaded transporter so v. W. Since he nears gave the van a new ladder frame chassis with a unitized body but the axles engine and many other parts were still taken from the beetle it was 1950 and all they needed was the right name. But it continued christophe explains that in germany the v. W. Bus is known as the bully the word combination from buzz and the german word li for a blog and or delivery van unfortunately the name was already trademarked and other suggestions such as felix lick city and triomphe ator were also shot down by the Patent Office so what if the v. W. Bus was given the simple designation of type 2 but its german fans didnt care they still know it as the bully today. The v. W. Bus was a hit with the car buying public in germany and the world over 1954 the 100000th unit came off the production line. Extraditions like the samba bus and the practical flatbed pick up soon appeared the highly versa tile v. W. Bus enjoyed huge popularity. Much for kristoff this is one of the friendliest and most likeable faces in automotive history these funny bug eyes attract lots of us down see the looks on the road but the bus came close to looking quite different production would have been a great deal cheaper for a body will swear contours protests in the wind tunnel showed that rounded edges made for much less Wind Resistance so the v. W. Bus was in fact one of the pioneers of aerodynamics. The split front windshield the v. Shaped front panel and a gargantuan v. W. Emblem gave the 1st generation of the bus its now iconic face. Higher Ground Clearance and a practical flat bed with an optional canvas cover to make the t. One pick up the ideal construction site workhorse. The double cab was introduced in 1958 with space for 6 workers and their tools but heavy load still pushed the engine to its limit. And praise of a legendary 1. 00 leader 25. 00 horsepower boxer and taken from the beetle its no surprise that a load of one and a half tons had the engine puffing and groaning so the engineers gave it a shorter gear ratio thats brought the top speed down to 80 Kilometers Per Hour but made it more dependable as a work or should be a 1. 2 liter engine and this one delivers 34. 00 horsepower. These days the vintage t one buses are mostly retired from their labors with no load they can be surprisingly nippy even if the maximum speed of just 95 Kilometers Per Hour and the partially synchronized transmission will keep a driver in the country very leisurely. Christof attributes the v. W. Bus is enormous success to its incredible versatility that the version hes driving now is a double cab pickup or as its fans call it a dock and docos were the preferred vehicle of builders the high load still get through rough terrain such as foundation pits with a nice guy. Like all the other additions the double cab pick up was a best seller and 1958 a good move production from borg to a plant built especially for commercial vehicles and hand over 3 years later the one millionth b. W. Bus rolled off the assembly line. That probably was our stuff sums up the v. W. Bus is the ultimate multipurpose vehicle a workhorse a home an ambulance lifestyle the only limits are the owners imagination its aerodynamically optimize body and lightweight construction left the competition in the dust bus became a driving force of west germanys postwar recovery and Technology Innovator and without a doubt a milestone an automotive history