Samba vw class9/10/2023 This bus was so named because it has omnibus-style glazing all around, including five windows per side, eight skylights, the coveted split windscreen, a huge rear window and the characteristic curved rear corner windows, so that the interior is bright and airy even when the sunroof is not yet open. This is especially true of the example shown here, a Volkswagen Type 2 Deluxe 23-Window Microbus with an attractive folding sunroof. The irony, of course, is that the Type 2's high practical utility meant that many examples were heavily used and outright run down, resulting in surviving examples being rare and highly sought after by today's collectors. Who could have guessed that the industrious Microbus would become an undisputed icon of automotive history - an icon that still recalls a very special moment decades later. The rear-engine, forward-facing cabin offered a surprisingly spacious interior, and the air-cooled boxer four-cylinder could be kept running on a shoestring budget and minimal automotive knowledge. With the VW Bus, known in the factory as the VW Type 2, which premiered at the 1951 IAA simply as the VW Kleinbus "Sonderausführung" and, depending on the configuration and region of origin, was also called a Kombi, Bulli, Transporter or simply a minibus (in the USA a Microbus), the Wolfsburgers applied the same principles to the Transporter format that had made the Beetle so successful - simplicity, economy and practicality.
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