VW Air-Cooled Engines: How to Build Max-Performance Kershaw John F.
VW Air-Cooled Engines: How to Build Max-Performance Kershaw John F. The VW Beetle (officially the Volkswagen Type 1) needs no introduction. Extremely popular in the US and Europe during the 1950s and…
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VW Air-Cooled Engines: How to Build Max-Performance Kershaw John F.
The VW Beetle (officially the Volkswagen Type 1) needs no introduction. Extremely popular in the US and Europe during the 1950s and 1960s, increasing competition from Japanese, American, and European manufacturers as well as stiffening demands for better safety and emissions contributed to a sharp decline in sales in the early 1970s. Manufactured and marketed globally by Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003, more than 21 million were produced and sold around the world.
While simple and fun, the Beetle had simply become outdated.Of course, the enthusiast market did not see it that way. The Beetle was manufactured in much smaller numbers in Germany until the late 1970s, when production shifted to Brazil and Mexico, where operating cost was a was a large factor in keeping the Beetle alive. Aficionados loved the simplicity in the design as well as its aesthetics and enjoyed tinkering with