{"id":24206,"date":"2018-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/50-years-of-volkswagen-411\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T10:16:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T10:16:29","slug":"50-years-of-volkswagen-411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/50-years-of-volkswagen-411\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years of Volkswagen 411"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If one thinks about Volkswagen, the diesel scandal, which has been haunted by the media landscape for the last few years, for many overshadows many good and interesting vehicles from the past. Too bad, because the brand from Wolfsburg has a very interesting brand history, although not always free of mistaces and scandals – but which other company with a similar age does not have them? Depending on the leading people of each individual period the brand’s developers could more or less freely work on new projects. But even when the corset was tightly laced, such as from the 1950s to the early 70s, the engineers created interesting vehicles within their scope of possibilities. Although the rear-engine with rear-wheel drive was firmly anchored in the VW model policy, there was nowhere written that the engineering team had to confine to Beetle, Transporter and the sleek Karmann Ghia.

First in 1961 they launched the new Type 3, which was marketed as 1500 in the body styles sedan, TL (Touring-Limousine) and Variant (station wagon). For customers, who wished for an even larger car, Volkswagen developed the Type 4, which rolled to the dealers as 411 in 1968. In contrast to Type 1 (Beetle), Type 2 (Transporter) and Type 3, the new Type 4 for the first time received a self-supporting bodywork without the central tube frame used by the other models. In general there were several differences to the other models from the lineup. It took over the semi-trailing arm rear axle introduced a year earlier in the Transporter T2, but combined it with coil springs instead of torsion bars. At the front for the first time a MacPherson axle was used. In addition, there was a version with four doors next to the three-door hatchback sedan from the beginning, making it the first Volkswagen with four doors. A year later a three-door station wagon followed with the known designation Variant.<\/p>\n\n\n

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