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Volkswagen Beetle

Volkswagen Beetle. TOC. History Development Commercial Success How Beetle Works ? Engine Interior Specifications. Beginnings - 1935. People’s car : Top speed of 100km/h Fuel consumption of 7 litres per 100km Be able to carry 2 adults and 3 children Air-cooled

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Volkswagen Beetle

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  1. Volkswagen Beetle

  2. TOC • History • Development • Commercial Success • How Beetle Works ? • Engine • Interior • Specifications

  3. Beginnings - 1935 • People’s car : • Top speed of 100km/h • Fuel consumption of 7 litres per 100km • Be able to carry 2 adults and 3 children • Air-cooled • Should cost no more than RM (Reichsmarks) 1000 (£86)

  4. Prototypes - 1935 • Hitler’s sketch • "It should look like a beetle, you've only got to look to nature to find out what streamlining is". • Two prototypes

  5. Final Design - 1938 • 985 cc • 24 hp • 4 cylinder boxer • Air cooled

  6. War Years - 1944 • Total production : 644 ! • Mostly to echelons of Nazi Party

  7. Rebirth - 1952 • “From Wolfsburg with love”

  8. Marketing

  9. “a shape that cannot be improved”

  10. Commercial Success • Half a million per year ! • 40 million at 1968

  11. How Beetle Works • Well-known for its • Endurance • Tens of years of service • Economy (!?) • 7 L/100km seems good for its time • Handiness • Easy to use • No water Prof. Ferdinand Porsche

  12. Engine • Rear engined • Rear transmission

  13. It is Air Cooled

  14. Chasis • Rear engined with half chasis

  15. Engine • Air cooled • Air cycles once throughout the engine • Air is also used as heater

  16. Engine • Oil is also cooled! • Oil acts like cooling water of conventional engines

  17. Luggage • Luggage on the front • Spare tire • Fuel tank • … and many unused space !

  18. Interior • Interior volume comparable to today’s cars !

  19. Interior • Metal dashboard • 1938->1972 • Many control button changes • Lift the lever up to seat on the back side

  20. Interior • Hold this to get-off from backseat!

  21. Interior

  22. Specifications

  23. Specifications1303 & 1302 • Engine capacity 1285 cm³ • Bore × Stroke 77 × 69 mm • Max. Power 50 hp • Max. Torque 88 Nm at 3000 rpm • Compression ratio 7,5:1 • Topspeed 135 km p/h

  24. Specifications1303s, 1302s, 1200s • Engine capacity 1584 cm³ • Bore × Stroke 85,5 × 69 mm • Max. Power 60 hp • Max. Torque 108 Nm at 2000 rpm • Compression ratio 7,5:1 • Topspeed 146 km p/h

  25. THANK YOU

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