Manufacturer Volkswagen Body style Platform truck | Class Commercial vehicle Related | |
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Layout Rear-engine, rear-wheel drive | ||
The Volkswagen Plattenwagen was never sold to the public, and was used only by the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg as a parts runabout.
When Dutch Volkswagen importer Ben Pon visited the Wolfsburg factory in 1947, he spotted a Plattenwagen based on the Volkswagen Beetle. This gave him the idea for a Volkswagen commercial, the future Transporter.
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