Volkswagen's Dutch importer Ben Pon, in 1946, while visiting the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, a few Volkswagen employees of the heavy parts of the production building to use Beetle'dan inspiration from the vehicle called Plattenwagen inspired; The engine is in the back, with a front -wheel drive and a box -shaped body drawing a vehicle draft. The drawing date of the first draft was specified as 23 April 1947, while Volkswagen General Manager Heinrich Nordhoff approved this draft to production on 19 May 1949. Referring to its strong appearance, the prototype of this vehicle, called "strong" in Germany, was introduced in Wolfsburg in November. On March 8, 1950, the mass production of the vehicle was started. As in Type 1, Type 2 was mounted on the front of the 1100 Volkswagen air -cooling engine, a four -cylinder flat engine model with a capacity of 1.1 L (1.131 cc, 69.0 cu), with a 18 kW (24 PS; 24 BHP) DIN, the four -cylinder flat engine model. In 1953, the engine model was replaced with a capacity of 22 kW (30 PS; 30 BHP) with a capacity of 1.192 cc (72.7 cu in). In 1955, this higher compression ratio was standard. For the first versions of the model produced until 1955, the name T1A has been used for this version since the 1990s. In the next versions called T1B since the 1990s, the body was changed slightly and the ceiling part of the vehicle was expanded, the engine section was reduced, and the wheels of 16 (406 mm) were used instead of the wheels of 15 (381 mm). While the production of vehicles was held at the factory in Wolfsburg until 1955, after the establishment of a new factory in Hannover in 1955, the first type was produced on March 8, and mass production was started on April 20. In 1960, 30 KW (41 PS; 40 BHP) motors began to be used. In 1962, production was started to be produced and the transportation capacity was increased from 750 kg (1,653 lb) to 1,000 kg (2.205 lb), 14 in diameter (356 mm), smaller and wider wheel, and a wider wheel was mounted and a wider wheel was mounted and 1,5 kW (1,5 LB (353 LB). PS 42 BHP) was used; Approximately one year after the release of this version, the production of the old version was terminated. In 1963, 1.5 L (1.493 cc, 91.1 cu in) capacity, 38 kW (52 ps; 51 BHP) power of 1500 Volkswagen air -cooled engine was standard. In the same year, replaced by the hinged door opened to the passenger or cargo section, the production of versions with a sliding door was started. In 1965, the engine power was increased to 32.3 kW (44 PS; 43 BHP). The later versions produced in Brazil were replaced with large back lamps with a front end structure similar to T2. The production of these models called T1.5 lasted until 1996.