The Volkswagen Type 3 is a compact car which was manufactured by Volkswagen from 1961 to 1973. Introduced at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show, Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA), the Type 3 was marketed as the Volkswagen 1500 and later the Volkswagen 1600, in three body styles: two-door Notchback, Fastback and station wagon, the latter marketed as the 'Squareback.'
The Type 3 diversified Volkswagen's product range beyond the existing models – the Type 1 (Beetle), Type 14 Karmann Ghia, Type 2 (Bus) – while retaining their engineering principles, notably the air-cooled engine and the rear-engine, rear-wheel drive layout.
The three-box Type 3 was launched in Brazil in 1968 with unique styling (similar to the Brasilia) and four doors. It met with little success, nicknamed Zé do Caixão (meaning "Coffin Joe", after a popular Brazilian horror movie maker) for its boxy shape.[11] It was discontinued by 1970.
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ExcluirEu tive um destes, verde, em estado irrepreensível de conservação, sem ter passado por qualquer restauração. Mais tarde, troquei ele com um cara dono de uma revenda VW que não tinha este item em sua coleção de carros fora de produção. Peguei na época uma Santana Quantum na loja dele. Nem sei qto isso valeria hoje, mas, pelas porcarias de carro que temos hoje, talvez uns 70 contos.
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