Friday, March 4, 2011
Volkswagon's Microbus at the Geneva Auto Show
Volkswagon's Microbus was an icon of the 70s and the preferred vehicle of many hippies. The iconic van was spotted earlier this week at the Geneva Auto Show with some modifications. VW has no plans yet to put the new Microbus into production And today is last word in business is magic bus.
There are very few vehicles so instantly recognisable world-wide as Volkswagen’s iconic VW microbus. But while examples of the rear-engined classic have unofficially been receiving electric drivetrain transplants for decades courtesy of electric vehicle devotees, we haven’t seen an official concept combining the two ideas.
Based around the 2011 Microbus concept vehicle VW first presented at the 2001 Detroit Auto Show, the 2011 Bulli features none of the sliding doors or bay windows of the 1950s classic Microbus.