Now A Beetle Owner Has Something To Graduate To: 1973 Volkswagen 412 Road Test

Volkswagen might feel pretty confident now, but things seemed much scarier for the boys from Wolfsburg back in 1973; the company had milked just about every last drop from the air-cooled/rear-drive platform that had looked so futuristic when they ripped it off from Hans Ledwinka nearly four decades earlier and the verdict was still out on the new generation of water-cooled VWs. American car buyers could still buy the Type 4 in 1973, and so Car & Track felt compelled to review it.

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  • MaintenanceCosts An LA house is a much better investment.
  • FreedMike That's a crudload of fast for that kind of money. I wonder if you can shut off the one pedal driving system.
  • Tassos Elon’s father was my favourite boss. It’s a shame the wokes in South Africa took away his very-happy workforce. They were always free to leave, we just couldn’t guarantee their safety once they left.
  • Tassos If I win this giveaway I will trade my poor but attractive neighbour for pickled herring and aluminum-free deodorant.
  • Shipwright One point missed is that part (not sure how much)of the new plant will be built using foreign labour.