Volkswagen Type 3

E733728

automobile model

The Volkswagen Type 3 was a compact, rear-engined family car produced by Volkswagen in the 1960s and early 1970s, offered in notchback, fastback, and station wagon (Variant) body styles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Volkswagen Type 3 canonical	3
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	automobile model ⓘ
alternativeName	Volkswagen 1500 NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen 1600 NERFINISHED ⓘ
assemblyLocation	Emden, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolfsburg, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
bodyStyle	fastback sedan ⓘ notchback sedan ⓘ station wagon ⓘ
category	cars introduced in 1961 ⓘ rear-engined vehicles ⓘ
class	family car ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
designer	Volkswagen design team NERFINISHED ⓘ
doorCount	2-door ⓘ
driveType	rear-wheel drive ⓘ
engineConfiguration	flat-four engine ⓘ
engineCooling	air-cooled ⓘ
engineDisplacement	1493 cc ⓘ 1584 cc ⓘ
enginePosition	rear-mounted engine ⓘ
fastbackName	Volkswagen 1600 Fastback NERFINISHED ⓘ
fuelSystem	Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection ⓘ carbureted ⓘ
introducedAt	1961 Frankfurt Motor Show NERFINISHED ⓘ
layout	rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ
manufacturer	Volkswagen NERFINISHED ⓘ
market	European market ⓘ North American market ⓘ
marketedAs	Volkswagen 1500 in early models ⓘ Volkswagen 1600 in later models ⓘ
marketSegment	compact family car market ⓘ
notableFeature	front and rear luggage compartments ⓘ space-saving pancake engine design ⓘ unitized body construction ⓘ
notchbackName	Volkswagen 1500 Notchback NERFINISHED ⓘ
platform	Volkswagen Type 3 platform NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Volkswagen Beetle NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionEnd	1973 ⓘ
productionStart	1961 ⓘ
purpose	to offer a more spacious and upscale alternative to the Beetle ⓘ
relatedModel	Volkswagen Type 34 Karmann Ghia NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen Type 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
stationWagonName	Volkswagen Variant NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Volkswagen Passat NERFINISHED ⓘ
transmission	3-speed automatic transmission ⓘ 4-speed manual transmission ⓘ
wheelbase	2400 mm ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Volkswagen Type 4 → predecessor → Volkswagen Type 3 ⓘ

B1 → predecessor → Volkswagen Type 3 ⓘ

Volkswagen Type 2 (Transporter) → relatedModel → Volkswagen Type 3 ⓘ

subject surface form: Volkswagen Type 2

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia → variant → Volkswagen Type 3 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34