Volkswagen Type 3 1600 Fastback Tested - Just a Bigger Beetle?
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2020
- Volkswagen really did try to get the most out of the Beetle concept, and the Type 3 was an attempt to enlarge the formula. It wasn't without success - 2.4 million sold - but VW would still go on to make the leap to front-wheel drive instead. But what is this bone stock (bar exhaust) Type 3 Fastback like to drive?
Tested near Melbourne in early March 2020.
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In my opinion one of the most beautiful cars ever. The proportions are just perfect.
I love all of the air cooled VW's, they're vehicles to relax and enjoy the view in, not to be rushed as there's no point, 55-60mph is more than enough. This unmolested Fastback is a stunning car, way better than the lowered stuff IMO.
Out neighbors used to have one of those. They managed to go on holiday with it from the Netherlands to lake Balaton in Hungary pulling a Alpenkreuzer trailertent, roofrack on top, packed boots and a family of 6. They always made it back without problems. Great cars!
Proper trendy. A type 3 in Williamstown! Nice. Old VW factory was in Clayton, my Granddad worked at Bosch next door.
"The unmistakable clatter of an aircooled engine".
These were known in Germany as the 'Neckermann Ferrari'. Neckermann used to be a middle of the road catalogue firm back in the days.
Fun fact the Volkswagen and HSV Maloo share something in common. They were both assembled in the same factory in Clayton Victoria. Well the HSV started life in Adelaide as a Holden but became a Maloo in the same factory!
I remember when my dad had the front and back open , some kids saw it and said “ there’s a boot at back and a boot at front, aye but where’s t’ bloody engine “ all said in the broadest Yorkshire accent ! I think they thought it was Candid Camera.
Cool. I had a fastback auto, facelifted version. It worked really well with the auto box. You could quite happily trundle along at 65 all day. As usual the rot got the better of it. Shame, I really liked that old thing.
VW had a lasting affect on the Australian car industry, it wasn't their cars in the long term, rather they introduced Bosch electrics as a local manufacturer supplier, eventually Bosch replaced Lucas as the key supplier to the big three in Oz, in time.
Hubnut just when I thought you had raised the bar on fascinating road tests to an impossibly high level, you have managed to surpass yourself with this test. As subscribers I believe we would be prepared to crowdfund a follow-up trip to either South Africa or Australia for more undiscovered locally adapted European workhorses. Thanks for the most interesting 24 mins of my day!
Australian made! My great grandparents lived in the house behind the letterbox in that shot.... Lol
wonderful looking car, much preferable to a beetle inmho, didn't know they had a boot area! Quite a practical car.... thanks once again for the variety of classic cars you serve up to us Ian, your usual highly interesting dialogue of facts and history, much appreciated 👍👍
What a beautiful old car loved it brilliant video Ian
Probably one of the best car reviews I have ever seen!
Memories are kindled of the summer I turned 16, when I joined a couple of cousins and a friend (later my wife, though neither of us suspected at the time) for a drive in a Squareback from St. Louis to Denver... 800 miles with that little engine mumbling away in the back. That was 1970, and I still recall what a delight the Squareback was on the road. A few years later when I needed a car for college, I picked a used ‘71 Super Beetle. I still have a soft spot for the old VWs. Thanks, this was a good one!
Couldn't agree more about how nice it is to see one that hasn't been vandalised.
That engine note takes me back..my Dad had one of them in the 70's..I'd love to have one now..thanks for the memory
Love these old fastbacks. I also think the dash layout looks really good.