This car has a 2 door saloon (sedan) body style with a rear mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.2 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 40 bhp (40.6 PS/29.8 kW) at 3900 rpm and 88 Nm (65 lbft/9 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed manual gearbox transfers the power to the wheels.
The Volkswagen 1200 `Beetle' weighs a stated 739 kg at the kerb.
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