2 Books - VW Typ 3 + Type 4, 411 and 412 - 2010

Book 1

VW 1500/1600 - Typ 3 1961 - 1973
95 pages
Hard cover
23 x 25 cm
Language : German

The Volkswagen Type 3 may not have been (quite) as successful as the Beetle, but with almost 2.6 million units built between 1961 and 1973, VW's first mid-range car was certainly no flop. Achim Gaier documents the history of this successful model and its appearance in contemporary advertising materials, brochures, and press reports in this volume of the successful "Schrader Type Chronicle" series.

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Book 2

Volkswagen Type 4, 411 and 412 - The final rear-engined VW cars
184 pages
Hard cover
26 x 21 cm
Language : English

This in-depth study of the VW Type 4, Wolfsburg's first luxury car and Volkswagen's final all new air-cooled car, is the first English language book dedicated to Volkswagen's 411 and 412 models. Marc Cranswic's in-depth look at the Type 4 reveals the design origins, history, and legacy of the car, supported by a wealth of archive images, original photos, and cartoon caricatures by the author. With full model histories of 411 and 412 models, analyses of VW's transition from air-cooled to water-cooled engines, and detailed specification and performance tables, this is the first and most detailed record of the origins and history of the Volkswagen Type 4 in English.

* Model history of VW Type 4 411 & 412
* Design origins of the VW Type 4
* Specification and performance tables
* Original cartoon caricatures by the author
* Archive picture items
* Analysis of VW's air to water cooled transition
* VW Group business in the 20th century
* VW sportscars & offroaders overview
* Government service Type 4 pictures
* An evaluation of the VW Type 4 and its rivals