Volkswagen Brasilia

Infobox Automobile


name = Volkswagen Brasília
manufacturer = Volkswagen
production = 1973–1982
class = Economy car
engine = 1.600 cm3
length = convert|4.01|m|in|1
weight = Auto kg|890
related = Volkswagen Beetle
designer = Marcio Piancastelli

The Volkswagen Brasilia, was a car made in Brazil between 1973 and 1982. Its market place was occupied by the Volkswagen Gol.

The Brasilia (named after Brazil's capital city) looked like a three-door version of Volkswagen 412 Station Wagon, but was in fact based on Volkswagen Beetle. It was developed by Volkswagen do Brasil, which had at the time a unique and somewhat exotic line of cars, which spawned such rarities as the SP2. The Brasilia was equipped with the Volkswagen air cooled engine.

The front of the car was the same as the German 412, and the back resembled a scaled down Brazilian Variant. It was also the first Brazilian hatchback with five doors. The five-door Brasilia was considered and remains a "rare" car, with only a small proportion of Brasilias produced being five-door examples.

The total production of VW Brasilia reached over one million vehicles. Some were exported to Mexico, Chile, Portugal, Bolivia, Perú, Venezuela, Paraguay and Uruguay. starting in March 1976 ["Automobil Revue", catalogue edition 1979, S. 540/3.] ., in CKD kits to Nigeria, where it was renamed "Igala". Brasilia was a success, with a good reputation of quality and very popular in its time of production. In fact, when the factory decided to retire Volkswagen Brasilia, a Brazilian wrote: "Brasilia - the end of a success".

References

External links

* [http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/classicos/brasilia-1.htm VW Brasília history (in Portuguese)]
* [http://www.carroantigo.com/portugues/conteudo/curio_NACIONAIS.htm VW Brazil History & Pictures (in Portuguese)]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carroantigo.com%2Fportugues%2Fconteudo%2Fcurio_NACIONAIS.htm&langpair=pt%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools (in English)]