Sunday, December 2, 2012

World' s long-lived Vehicle.

World' s long-lived Vehicle.


The car "old" car club in the "older" age 76 years and people still can buy a brand new one.

Recently, the German car maker Volkswagen said that after 63 years of continuous production since 2013, classic cars Volkswagen Kombi will no longer be manufactured.

Volkswagen Kombi
Volkswagen Wagon was produced from 1950 to the present.
Wagon models will eventually rolled off the factory in Brazil on 31/12/2013, after six decades of existence since its appearance in 1950. Camping car or small bus had been replaced in Europe in 1979 but is still being produced in South America and the United Kingdom.

New regulations on the safety car in South America caused a "picture element". Volkswagen will have to redesign Wagon to meet safety regulations in 2014 and it is not financially reasonable solution.

However, Volkswagen Kombi is not the oldest car still in production. There are many other products, whether famous or not, but retains the lines designed in the 1950s and continue to roll from the factory to the showroom.



Morgan 4/4 (1936): 76 years


Morgan 4/4 is the first four-wheeled Morgan Motor and first appeared in 1936. Previously, Morgan only 3 wheelers. The engine of the Morgan 4/4 up from Coventry Climax 1122 cc in 1936 to a Ford 1.8 liter in 2004. Although Morgan is now modern cars such as Aero 8, Model 4/4 is still the preferred product of those who prefer the classic style.

Jeep CJ (1944): 68 years


Civilian Jeep (CJ) is a version of the wartime Willys civilian Jeep. This car has a lot of comedy in the U.S. homeland before his "retirement" in 1986. But the version assignment of copyright is still being produced around the world such as in India, where the company Mahindra to launch a version of the classic Jeep CJ-3B.

Morris Oxford / Hindustan Ambassador (since 1955): 57 years

Morris Oxford
Perhaps no one in the firm Morris thought that Oxford, was born in 1955, could have existed until 2012. Even at the time, this is a machine not leave a mark. But the taxi driver in India spends sympathy with the Oxford version that India is Hindustan Ambassador birth and now Ambassador Classic name and still no power steering.

Lotus / Caterham Seven (1957): 55 years

Caterham Seven
Colin Chapman had wanted the death car that he designed "in a weekend." But Caterham has against the grim fate, and Model Seven is a symbol not need to argue in the automotive industry. And though Caterham said that not a single department retains the original sample from the original Lotus, the spirit of it 100% has not changed, and is a pure sports car rivals.

UAZ 469 (1965): 47 years


The Russian army, but UAZ 469 refused flatly death, whether one of the slow-selling models in the world. Not only because of the type of driving tractors, but also because of the super slow.

Lada Niva (1976): 36 years

Lada Niva
Customers can still buy a car in the form of "ancient ruins" from Russia. Lada Niva is the first car that is not developed based on Fiat cars, and's smallest 4x4 models are sold out. Fishermen in Siberia has relied on transportation.

Bristol Blenheim (1976): 36 years

Bristol Blenheim
Blenheim with the predecessor model 603 was sold from 1976 and is now available to Blenheim version 3.

Mercedes G-Wagen (since 1979): 33 years

Mercedes G-class
Despite some recent changes, "bucket runs on wheels" is very similar to G-Wagen was first appeared in 1979. Flat windshield and door hinges exposed to know about the period of the original design. And even bring the look "old", this product is not cheap. An AMG version can get customers to spend nearly $ 200,000.

Volkswagen Santana (1981): 31 years


More than 30 years of age, but Santana is the ideal car for a taxi driver in Shanghai (China). However, the Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive has decided to stop production of Santana in 2012. There were about 3.2 million units shipped from when CKD lines start to go into operation in China from 1983 to 5/2009.

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