http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/24/vw-ending-kombi-production-after-63-year-run/ No, the picture above is not that of a fully restored Volkswagen Bus<http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Volkswagen%20Bus/>. > It is actually a 2012 Volkswagen > Kombi<http://www.autoblog.com/tag/volkswagen%20kombi/> > that is still in production in Brazil... for now. Due to tougher safety > regulations, the Kombi's days are numbered as Brazil's government is > requiring all new cars to come with dual front airbags and anti-lock brakes > as standard equipment. No word on a replacement for the long-lived Kombi, > but it won't be the VW > Bulli<http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/01/vw-bulli-production-hopes-dead-313-mpg-xl1-coming-next-year/> > . > Originally known as the Type 2, the iconic > Volkswagen<http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/> van > first debuted back in 1950. Matching its classic styling, *Car and Driver* > points > out that the Kombi replaced the original air-cooled engine with a > liquid-cooled mill only within the last decade. > Volkswagen has quite a history of squeezing every last year out of its > designs between the original > Beetle<http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/beetle/>that > was produced from 1938 through 2003 in Mexico and the MkI > Golf<http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/golf/> that > was introduced in 1974 and ended production in South Africa in 2009. -- -Tyler Chamberlain
