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The Volkswagen Schwimmwagen (lit. ' swimming car ' ) is a light four-wheel drive amphibious car , used extensively by German ground forces during the Second World War . With over 15,000 units built, the Schwimmwagen is the most-produced amphibious car in history.
From 1942, a version of the SG 6 with a folding roof was manufactured. From 1943, the production of SG 6 was shut down, and in 1944 replaced by the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen Type 166 which was much lighter and also cheaper to manufacture. A total of about 800 SG-6-Schwimmwagen were produced.
Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡn̩] ⓘ) [Note 1] is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.Established in 1937 by The German Labour Front, it was revitalized into the global brand it is today after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst.
A spiritual descendant of the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen, [3] and the Trippel SG6, the Amphicar offered only modest performance compared to most contemporary boats or cars, featured navigation lights and flag as mandated by the US Coast Guard – and after operation in water, required greasing at 13 points, one of which required removal of the ...
The most proliferous was Nazi Germany's Schwimmwagen, a small jeep-like 4x4 vehicle designed by the Porsche engineering firm in 1942 and widely used in World War II. The amphibious bodywork was designed by Erwin Komenda , the firm's body construction designer, using the engine and drive train of the Kübelwagen .
A seven-passenger, long-wheelbase version debuted on June 2, 2023, in Huntington Beach, California, and will be the only version for sale in the US when it goes on sale in June 2024 for the 2025 model year. [3] [18] The ID.Buzz will be launched in Australasia alongside ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5 in mid-2024. [19]
The Volkswagen Type 82 Kübelwagen (listen ⓘ), or simply Kübel, [2] contractions of the original German word Kübelsitzwagen (translated: 'bucket-seat car' — but when the contractions are translated literally a back-formation of 'bucket' or 'tub'-car results), [3] is a military light utility vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche and built by Volkswagen during World War II for use by the ...
The engine and drive-train, including portal geared wheel hubs, are the same as in the Volkswagen Typ 166 Schwimmwagen amphibious vehicle. [ 1 ] 564 units of the Kommandeurswagen were produced; [ 4 ] in November 1946, [ 5 ] the Volkswagen plant — by then under British control — produced two more vehicles using spare parts from stores.