Volkswagen do Brasil was established in 1953 to construct knock-down Beetle kits after the Brazilian authorities banned automotive imports. After some success, an official Volkswagen plant was erected, with the primary VWs rising from there in direction of the tip of 1957.

The Brasília was launched in 1973 and, though resembling the 412 that we had right here within the States, they don’t seem to be in any respect comparable. Actually, the Brasília was designed inside Volkswagen do Brasil as a neo model of the stalwart Beetle. All Brasílias have been three- or five-door wagons powered by the air-cooled 1,600cc from the Beetle. Earlier than manufacturing resulted in 1982, VW additionally supplied a 1,300cc ethanol model.

Brazil has been residence to a number of distinctive homegrown Volkswagen variants up to now, just like the SP1 and SP2, Karmann Ghia TC, however solely the Brasília was constructed for mainstream consumption. This week’s discover on the Pavilions Rock ‘n Roll Automotive Present is considered one of these fashionable South American VWs, although it was additionally manufactured in Mexico in addition to exported to different international locations in South America plus Spain and the Philippines.