What should we call this, a VW Beetle classic with a modern Subaru, 4 cylinder horizontal, "Boxer" engine?
Das SubaWagen? 😜
A Dutch company makes conversion plates that allow fitting the newer and much more modern Subaru engines (various models supported) *without* ANY cutting into the VW chassis.
Very cool and elegant solution. New engines are liquid cooled, so there is some added plumbing to allow cooling apparatus
Bing Translated Dutch webpage for Delta :
https://www.translatetheweb.com/?from=&to=en&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-rv.com%2FPasplaten.htm
Original, Dutch -- https://www.delta-rv.com/Pasplaten.htm
@11112011 This is really interesting. There's some higher powered Subaru mills that will fit into the VW engine bays.
Imagine a vintage VW Kombi -- for a travel vehicle this would be Gira!
@11112011 For many years, all my vehicles were VW. I loved the engineering. Only gave up on them when parts started getting ridiculously expensive, and me annoyed to be milked like that.
Happy with other brand now, more common, but I drive an European engineered model and enjoy it. :)
@11112011 A Diesel too? man, nice.
I had a Diesel Kombi with a pickup body, and it was a great work vehicle. Cost of running it was so much lower than my other car, a VW Passat gasoline model.
@11112011 "A produção da Volkswagen Autoeuropa representa 1,6 do PIB (2019) e 75% de toda a produção automóvel em Portugal. "
That is impressive! 🚗
