This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style styled by Brooks Stevens with a rear located engine driving through the rear wheels.
The Volkswagen 412 E belongs to the Typ 4 model family from Volkswagen.
Its 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 1.7 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 79 bhp (80 PS/59 kW) at 4900 rpm and 133 Nm (98 lbft/13.6 kgm) at 2700 rpm respectively.
This power is transferred to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Top quoted speed is 152 km/h (94 mph).
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