VW history?

stinkbus · Post by **stinkbus** » Sun Apr 07, 2002 2:03 pm

I was wondering if anyone knew where and why VW chose an air cooled motor for their cars.I have heard a few theories but I would be interested in the actual history of VW's aircooled motor.

vwralph · Post by **vwralph** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 9:52 am

To protect the car in cold weather. Garages were few in Germany of the 30's. * Found this tidbit of info in the book Small Wonder. A must read.

ViolentBlue · Post by **ViolentBlue** » Sat May 04, 2002 12:22 am

ease of maintenance nostly, but I believe the what solidified the aircooled idea was porsche's connection to a motorcycle manufacturer (zundap?).

a number of designs were played with ranging fron a radial 5 cyl pattern to a H4 pattern and eventually the flat 4 won out.