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[edit] History

The Volkswagen Basistransporter is perhaps one of the rarest Volkswagens in the world due to the fact it was never sold in a 1st World Country, it is a small FWD front engined truck about the size of a modern day VW Polo.

It was built between 1975-79 with only 2600 units produced in completely knocked down kits in Hanover, Germany and in Mexico. (Mexican Figures are unknown)

It was evaluated for production in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey and Mexico. It was built in and sold as: Turkey as the EA489,Indonesia as the Mitra and Mexico as the Hormiga (meaning Ant in Spanish).

Information sourced from book (Volkswagens of the World) by Simon Glen

[edit] German Basistransporter Specifications

Cylinder layout: 4 cylinder boxer, ohv pushrods, aircooled

Capacity: 1584cc

Power: 33kW (46bhp DIN) @ 4000rpm

Transmission: 4-speed synchromesh

Drive: Front-wheel drive

Suspension: FRONT independent, longitudinal torsion bars & wishbones REAR rigid lazy axle and leaf springs

Chassis: Simple ladder frame

Length: 4064mm

Height: 1988mm

Width at cab: 1684mm

Wheelbase: 2395mm

Wheel size: 4.5J x 14

Unladen weight: 1290kg

Maximum speed: 85km/h

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