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Puzzle #345 - Solved! Volkswagen EA-276
« on: June 07, 2007, 04:52:10 AM »


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Re: Puzzle #345
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2007, 12:55:47 PM »
Looks like a Gremlin was raped by a Land Rover!
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Re: Puzzle #345
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2007, 12:59:23 PM »
The brasilian VW Gol concept car EA-276 from 1969
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Re: Puzzle #345
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2007, 04:44:06 PM »
Well, this page says it is a german pre-VW Golf proposal, but it is of course the 1969 Volkswagen EA 276.

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Re: Puzzle #345
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2007, 08:08:05 PM »
Correction:
I've checked a VW book I forgot I had in my "library". The VW EA 276 was a german built styling study for a hatch-back car with front engine and FWD. The engine was an air-cooled 4-cylinder boxer but the engine was not connected (the EA 276 was not driveable). When EA 276 was built VW had not decided yet if they should switch to FWD cars instead of heck engines. But they decided later that year (1969) to go for FWD in the future. The EA 276 was not a concept car neither for Gol or Golf, but some of the ideas from the EA 276 led to the development of cars like Passat, Scirocco and Golf.

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Re: Puzzle #345
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2007, 04:37:41 AM »
Well, you ID'd the make and model, which is all I asked for in the puzzle. Well done, SeaLion!  :)
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NEH 1358
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2011, 10:33:26 AM »
What's this, from when - for 1 point?
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Re: NEH 1358
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2011, 01:27:23 PM »
Its a Volkswagen Prototype known as EA276, a precursor to the Golf.It dates from around 1967-9 and was FWD and powered by a Beetle flat four engine.

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Re: NEH 1358
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2011, 01:59:32 PM »
Its a Volkswagen Prototype known as EA276, a precursor to the Golf.It dates from around 1967-9 and was FWD and powered by a Beetle flat four engine.

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Re: Puzzle #345 - Solved! Volkswagen EA-276
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2011, 02:18:18 PM »
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