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vamram Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:23 pm

My wife & I are completing a 2-week 30th anniversary vacation traveling thru chunks of Spain. Amazing trip! Sadly, these are literally the *only* ACVWs we encountered while driving from Barcelona thru Cordona, Valencia, Granada, Murcia, Sevilla and then the train from Sevilla to Madrid back to Barcelona!

Cool ones, but I was hoping to spot more *real* ones!


Bus w/a message...


And a VW cruise...! Of sorts....


ALLWAGONS Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:40 pm

When I drove through barcelona, I looked and looked and not a VW in sight. Just an abandoned Green Late bus on one of the main streets. I found a VW dealership and My Mexican Spanish offended the VW sales people. I asked for Refacciones (spare parts) and they didn't quite understand or pretended not to. I wanted a dealership key chain or VW brochures in Spanish (bought of course) NADA! F Barcelona VW!

ALLWAGONS Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:41 pm

vamram wrote: My wife & I are completing a 2-week 30th anniversary vacation traveling thru chunks of Spain. Amazing trip! Sadly, these are literally the *only* ACVWs we encountered while driving from Barcelona thru Cordona, Valencia, Granada, Murcia, Sevilla and then the train from Sevilla to Madrid back to Barcelona!

Cool ones, but I was hoping to spot more *real* ones!


Bus w/a message...


And a VW cruise...! Of sorts....



All those souvenirs are Made in China

vamram Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:19 pm

Probably...And the real Bug was likely made in Mexico. :?

alex857 Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:21 am

Actually it is a "Sparkäfer" (economy model: less chrome, painted dashboard, no lid for the glove compartment); they never made these in Mexico. My guess is a German produced car 1974-1978 or Yugoslawian production 1974-1978.

scottyrocks Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:49 am

Also, no vents on engine lid, or behind the rear quarter windows. It looks like a U.S.-style '73. Did this car have a smaller engine than U.S. cars of that era?

vamram Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:13 pm

No rear window vents but with the indentations is post-87 Mexi-Beetle touch. All post-70 Beetles in the US had vents on the rear deck lid.

alex857 Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:44 pm

Deck lid without slots means 1200 engine 34 hp. And European economy models did have the indentations instead of the rear vindow vents from 1971 to 1978.

Compare: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/75_all/6.jpg

vamram Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:15 am

alex857 wrote: Deck lid without slots means 1200 engine 34 hp. And European economy models did have the indentations instead of the rear vindow vents from 1971 to 1978.

Compare: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/75_all/6.jpg

I didn't know that about the European models. Learned something new!

perello Tue Jun 11, 2024 12:56 am

just to give some context here...

No, VW didn't export to Spain. The background issue was the fascist dictatorship, the excuse used was that the country was too poor to be an interesting market.

The few cars you see were either belonging to rich people close to the power regime or imported cars at the beginning of the 2000's (like the one you depict) where classic VW became fashionable...



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