VW type designations

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From the original prototype until 1980, Volkswagen assigned a unique type designation to identify each model.

Pre-war and wartime (1932-1945) designations

Type # Model Notes
12 Ferdinand Porsche prototype

Post-war British control (1945-1949) type designations

Type # Model Notes
11 Two-door saloon

German control (1949-1980) type designations

Type 1

Type 1 (1949-1966)
Type # Model Notes
111 Standard Beetle Sedan, LHD

Type 2

Type 3

Type 4

Water cooled