1979 Volkswagen Sedan 'Vocho' [Typ 1]

1979 Volkswagen Sedan [Typ 1] in Man on Fire, Movie, 2004

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Built in:

01:50:52 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
achiu31 ◊ 2012-08-22 20:42	I've replaced the main pic with a two-star version used by the main character. One-star background VW taxis:
stpaulcarguy ◊ 2014-12-24 07:57	This is listed as a 1979. are we sure of that? I thought they still had the marker lights on the fenders in the late 70's I don't know much about German autos but the marker lights in the front bumper lead me to believe it's a much later model, perhaps a mid 90's. -- Last edit: 2014-12-24 08:00:48
rjluna2 ◊ 2014-12-24 16:02	Mexican 'Vocho' moved the indicators to the bumper in 1977. And, yes it can be late as early 1990s. I'm still working on these different model year details
stpaulcarguy ◊ 2015-01-16 08:16	I could have sworn that somewhere i heard that the south american bugs were built up until sometime in the early 2000's. Anyone know if thats true?
rtsbusman1997 ◊ 2015-01-17 00:52	That is true. They stopped manufacturing them a few years ago (although im not sure who was still buying them past the mid 1980s)
AleX_DJ ◊ 2015-01-17 00:55	The last one was assembled in Puebla on 30 July 2003 and it's exposed at the VW Museum in Wolfsburg
CaMAroFaN ◊ 2020-12-23 15:08	Sedan City ‘Vocho’ ?