Tamiya 24136 - 1/24 Volkswagen 1300 Beetle 1966  [24136]

About the 1966 Volkswagen 1300 Beetle:

• Even yet in this age of elegance, the appeal regarding the Volkswagen "Beetle" has not diminished. The first design goes toward 1930's whenever Dr. Ferdinand Porsche offered the style framework for the "People's Car."
  Today, with increased than 20 million devices produced, the Volkswagen Beetle has become a symbol of mass-produced motorization, with no other automobile surpassing this figure. Built upon the sturdy platform chassis may be the amazingly reliable air cooled, flat-four cylinder engine. Suspension is four wheel separate for sharp managing and driving comfort. Although the onset of the Second World War greatly hindered Volkswagen's marketing possibilities, it made an exceptional comeback briefly following conflict, in skillful guidance of Heinrich Nordhoff. Throughout its production life, the Volkswagen ended up being continuously enhanced to satisfy contemporary automobile requirements. An enlarged powerplant displacement and better presence are two of notable changes that enabled the Beetle to create requirements for the compact automobile market, decade after ten years.

  The 1966 Volkswagen model is deemed the classic Beetle, one which retains the absolute most associated with the initial design characteristics, and contains become a collector's product. Even now, more than half a hundred years later, viewing a nimble road bug is still a pleasing sight to behold, and its own unmistakable shape will likely pleasure generations to come.