Say bye to the production of VW's Vanagon
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Linda Tanner
After 63 years of production, Volkswagen has announced that it will shut down its assembly line production of the rear-engine Vanagon in Brazil at the end of the year.
While VW stopped importing the rear-end engine vans to the U.S. in 1993, the Kombi (T2 model), Brazil’s name for the Vanagon, has still been in production over the years, but due to recent safety standards in Brazil they are ending all production of these models. They will be releasing a special Last Edition model of the Brazilian T2, however.
The iconic VW van, most associated with surfers and hippies of the 1960s, was once praised for its durability, simplistic design and modest price. It was least admired for its lack of horsepower, over-sized windshields, and its rather wearisome driving experience due to the positioning of the front seats ahead of the front axle.
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