Volkswagen 1600 L Automatic
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Car-ID: XT0155
Model, Body type:
Coupe
Registration:
1972
Engine Power:
1,570 CCM (40 KW / 54 BHP)
Transmission:
Automatic
Color:
Beige
Doors:
2
Mileage:
70,100 km
Vehicle Description
– clean and well maintained VW Type 3 with rare automatic gearbox
– German delivery, 4 owners from new
– owned for 15 years by dealership
– private collector kept the car at the Steim collection in Schramberg (black forest)
– interior with dashboard, steering wheel, carpet all in good condition
– seats have traces of use
– paint in decent condition, partly re-painted, few scratches
– small areas of rust
– German registration documents and historic plates
No matter how much you liked your VW, if you wanted a larger car in the 1950s – but no van – you had to look elsewhere, as the company had nothing to offer. This changed when VW presented the 1500, internally called Type 3, in 1961. It followed the basic engineering principle of the beetle, meaning it had an air-cooled engine in the rear, which in this case was a 1.5 litre flat-four with a power output of 33 kW (45 hp). Owing to the reduced height of the engine, there was some luggage space in the back, supplementing the main luggage compartment under the front bonnet, which also was significantly larger than that of the beetle. Body styles included a two-door sedan and station wagon, called Variant, and as of 1965, a fastback coupé, the TL. A 1.6 litre engine was added to the lineup, and in 1967, the VW 1600 E became the first German production car to feature an electronic fuel injection, the Bosch D-Jetronic.
For the 1969 facelift the front was lengthened by 12 cm, further increasing luggage capacity. The “long snout” remained in production until 1973 when it was replaced by the all-new Passat. All in all, over 2.5 million units of the Type 3 were built, almost half of them were station wagons.
