The most beautiful VW ever? The VW SP & Brasília Story
Both the SP & Brasília are really clever designs made on a shoestring budget, and both have gone on to become classics. Why did Brazil get the SP and the Brasília in the 70s instead of the Scirocco and Golf, and why did such a beautiful car as the SP fail so spectacularly?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_do_Brasil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_SP2
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_SP2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_914
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Leiding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Karmann_Ghia
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