Topic: Ubb150 Volkswagen project EA266 1969

[mekubb]

What's this, from when and what powers it ?

[spider]

Simca/Fiat 850/1000 powered ?

[mekubb]

No connection to Simca or Fiat (that were 2 questions in one....)

[wingroad]

It is project EA266 prototype designed and built by Porsche for VW. It was meant to be a Beetle  replacement.
Cancelled due to the high development costs. This dates from the late 60's ,early 70's.Would have been a range of cars including a 3/5 door hatchback as well as a coupe and roadster  designed by Wolfgang Mobius who went on to design the 928.
It was powered by a 4 cylinder 1600cc engine located under the rear seat.
I would post more info as the article I have got this info is in German from a magazine I own,except I do not speak German !!!!!

[mekubb]

Wingroad is fully right, a point for you. Well found.

[Carnut]

Very similar to, but it doesn't seem to be exactly the same as:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=11269.msg91824#msg91824

Also some more pictures.

[Carnut]

The design actually seems to go back to 1966:

[mekubb]

Thanks Carnut, VW made several prototypes and they all look very much the same...

[wingroad]

The bottom  picture is very much like the top puzzle picture, and the design did seem to vary a lot