Volkswagen Garbus – year 1940

Manufacturer: Volkswagenwerke GmbH, Wolfsburg, Germany.

The genius car constructor Ferdinand Porsche developed the first Volkswagen project in the years of the economic crisis, or more precisely, v 1932 r.

W 1936 r. Porsche presented two test vehicles marked as a model at the Berlin car show 3. Car manufacturers criticized the shape of the car and its overall concept, considering it too expensive. Volkswagen was to be sold at a price below 1000 marek, and Porsche was unable to produce it below 1 200 marek. So he went to Detroit, to get acquainted with the American car industry and serial production. Porsche purchased machine tools in America for its new factory, presses and vending machines for the amount 50 million brands.

The cornerstone for the new factory was laid 26 May 1938 r., a w 1939 r. the first counting series was released 20 000 pieces. Car Volkswagen Garbus it had a 4-cylinder built-in at the rear, air-cooled engine, with counter-rotating pistons, of a capacity 1131 cm3, reaching the power of 17.8 kW (24 KM) by 3000 RPM. A fan moved cooling air through the richly finned cylinders. The oil cooler provided good lubricating properties of the oil, so that the car could maintain a constant speed 100 km/h. The gearbox had four steps and was connected in a common block to the differential. The frame Volkswagen Beetle made of steel sheet. The front axle consisted of two connected pipes, in which there were leaf torsion bars. The oscillating driveshafts of the rear wheels were fastened with wide belts, connected with adjustable circular torsion bars. The telescopic shock absorbers were double-acting.

Volkswagen Garbus it is the most successful German car, in terms of the number of units produced and constant popularity, he even surpassed the legendary Tin Elizabeth” Ford.