VW Panel Van
Dutchman Ben Pon suggested a Beetle-based minivan to Heinz Nordhoff, Volkswagen's first postwar CEO, primarily as a commercial vehicle for small businesses. This 1967 Transporter panel van is an example of the vehicle Pon (who made an preliminary sketch of the proposed vehicle in 1948) had in mind.
VW commercial vehicles like this one were readily available in America at one time, but for various reasons (*cough cough*, chicken tax, *cough cough*), their place in VW's U.S. lineup became diminished.
VW Panel Van
Dutchman Ben Pon suggested a Beetle-based minivan to Heinz Nordhoff, Volkswagen's first postwar CEO, primarily as a commercial vehicle for small businesses. This 1967 Transporter panel van is an example of the vehicle Pon (who made an preliminary sketch of the proposed vehicle in 1948) had in mind.
VW commercial vehicles like this one were readily available in America at one time, but for various reasons (*cough cough*, chicken tax, *cough cough*), their place in VW's U.S. lineup became diminished.