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This is a vintage 1970s Volkswagen Type 3 Squareback advertising brochure. Volkswagen Type 3, commonly known as the Squareback or Variant. Features an air-cooled, rear-mounted flat-four engine. The brochure highlights available exterior paint colors, interior cloth/leatherette options, and technical specifications.

This image is a vintage advertisement for the Volkswagen Type 3 Squareback, highlighting its rigorous quality control processes. The ad boasts of "1100 inspectors" who perform spot-checks, recheck, and retest vehicles. Features mentioned include window tests, seat durability tests, and high-speed endurance tests.

This image is a vintage advertisement for the Volkswagen Type 3 Squareback, highlighting its significant cargo capacity compared to conventional sedans. The advertisement boasts a 7.8 cu. ft. front trunk and a 24.7 cu. ft. rear trunk. With rear seats folded, it offers over 42 cu. ft. of loading space.

This image is a vintage advertisement for a Volkswagen Squareback, highlighting its interior features and cost-saving benefits. It boasts adjustable bucket seats, door-to-door carpeting, and an electric clock.

This image is a vintage advertisement for a Volkswagen Squareback sedan. The ad highlights the car's rear-mounted engine, which provides better traction in snow, ice, sand, and mud. It features a 96 cubic inch engine and 4-wheel independent torsion bar suspension.

This image is a vintage advertisement for the Volkswagen Type 3, also known as the Squareback Sedan. The advertisement highlights the car's fuel efficiency, claiming it gets approximately twenty-four miles per gallon. It emphasizes low maintenance costs, noting it requires only four quarts of oil and no antifreeze.

This image is a vintage advertisement for the Volkswagen Type 3, also known as the Squareback Sedan. The advertisement shows a Volkswagen technician ready to plug in a VW diagnostic plug to check the vehicles systems.

This image is a vintage advertisement showcasing various optional accessories and features available for a Volkswagen vehicle, likely a Squareback, emphasizing customization options. The ad displays a sunroof, a roof rack, a radio, floor mats, and an automatic transmission shifter.

This is a vintage advertisement for the Volkswagen Campmobile, highlighting it as a functional living space rather than just a vehicle. The ad emphasizes the vehicle's features, such as insulated walls, wood paneling, and wall-to-wall covering.

This image is a vintage print advertisement for the Volkswagen Station Wagon, featuring a clever visual comparison with a conventional station wagon. The ad highlights the Volkswagen Station Wagon's superior cargo capacity despite having a smaller exterior footprint compared to traditional wagons.

This image is a classic advertisement for the Volkswagen Beetle, featuring a stripped-down chassis to highlight its unique engineering. The ad highlights the Beetle's air-cooled engine, which eliminates the need for water and prevents overheating or freezing. It emphasizes the car's durability and ability to drive through difficult terrain like mud, sand, or snow.

This image is a vintage advertisement celebrating the production of 250,000 Volkswagen Beetles. It highlights that a quarter-million Beetles were built in Germany since 1945 and distributed to 26 countries. The text describes this achievement as a "number of success" and a "document of reconstruction".

This image is a vintage 1966 print advertisement for the Volkswagen Station Wagon, often known as the VW Bus. The ad highlights the vehicle's reliability during a severe snowstorm in January 1966.

This image is a vintage advertisement for a Volkswagen Beetle from a Pomona, California dealership. The ad highlights the car's reliability, noting it can cruise at 70 m.p.h.

This image is a vintage 1962 Volkswagen Beetle print advertisement. The
ad features a top-down view of the car with its doors, hood, and engine
compartment open to highlight its construction.
It quotes Road & Track magazine, praising the car's finish. The advertisement
was created by the agency Doyle Dane Bernbach.

This image is a vintage advertisement for the Volkswagen Beetle featuring a "Hong Kong Chef" delivery car. The ad highlights the car's fuel efficiency, averaging 25 miles per gallon. It emphasizes low maintenance costs, noting the car uses little oil and no water or antifreeze. The text showcases the car's reliability for business deliveries, specifically mentioning a restaurant in White Plains, New York.

This image is a vintage 1964 advertisement for the Volkswagen Station Wagon, featuring the headline "Somebody actually stole one". The copy humorously highlights the vehicle's practicality and desirability, claiming it is a great getaway car due to its air-cooled engine and cargo capacity.

This image is a vintage advertisement for the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, highlighting its handcrafted design and artistic approach to automotive manufacturing. The text emphasizes that the car's "fancy curves" were created by hiring 16 sculptors to hand-shape the metal. It highlights the precision of the manufacturing process, noting that ordinary welders could not achieve the required design detail. The ad positions the car as an affordable piece of art, mentioning a price of "$2250".

This image is a vintage 1968 advertisement for the Volkswagen Beetle featuring the headline "Every new one comes slightly used". The ad highlights the rigorous testing process each car undergoes before sale, including water testing, engine break-in, and road surface testing.

This image is a vintage print advertisement for the Volkswagen Beetle featuring the headline "They don't make them like they used to." The ad highlights that while the car's iconic appearance remained similar, over 2,200 improvements had been made to the vehicle over the years.