1963 Volkswagen Kombi Bus So33 So22 Vw Rare Camper Mosaic Westphalia on 2040-cars
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Body Type:Minivan, Van
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:4 cylinder
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
Number of Cylinders: 4
Make: Volkswagen
Model: Bus/Vanagon
Trim: Transporter
Drive Type: Rear
Mileage: 90,066
Disability Equipped: No
Sub Model: SO33 SO22 Kombi
Number of Doors: 4
Exterior Color: Mouse Gray
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Interior Color: White
Ultra rare 1963 Volkswagen Bus. This is a Kombi model outfitted with an SO33 Westphalia camping kit. Could be the SO22 Mosaic kit as well. I bought this bus from the original owner and I have the original Missouri title. He told me the bus came outfitted this way. The bus is an awesome original paint Mouse Gray with Pearl White. Not currently running, but motor is not locked up and is complete. Front floors are gone on both driver side and passenger side. Dog legs are rusted also. Doors close and have ice pick handles. I removed some parts, latches, pulls, mirror, etc. I have them all in a box and will be included. Front seats are ripped up and crusty but are great candidates for restore and will be included as well. Bus has all interior panels minus passenger door. They are warped, and dirty. Passenger side windshield is gone. The camper seats are original upholstery and come with covers. I am told that these vinyl covers were bought at the dealership and are original. Two of the covers are split at the seams. Original table, and table leg are present. (Leg not pictured) closet is rough and does not have original door or hardware.The bus is rusty, plain and simple. The frame has rust, and so do the floors. The patina on it is gorgeous. This bus will have four aired up rolling tires by the auctions end for easier loading. Key was in the ignition also and Radio delete plate is present. I'm an idiot and didn't take a pic of the odometer. Forgive me!
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Fri, 26 Oct 2012In case you didn't know, Volkswagen is hell-bent on becoming the largest automaker in the world. The German carmaker has inched closer to that goal, having outsold General Motors in China last quarter for the first time in eight years.
Volkswagen's sales in China, its largest marker, increased by 21 percent last quarter to 704,991 units. Those numbers almost tripled GM's third-quarter growth, and were enough to beat out the American automaker's 664,765 sales. GM, however, still leads in year-to-date sales in China by a slim margin of around 77,000 units. The Asian nation also happens to be GM's largest market, and according to the report in Automotive News, China's car market may grow to be larger than the US, Japan and Germany combined in three years' time.
About the news his company was bested in China by VW last quarter, GM CEO Dan Akerson is quoted saying, "It's not whether you're the biggest car manufacturer. It's whether you want to be the most profitable." It should be noted of these figures that GM includes truck figures, yet excludes Hong Kong and Macau from its Chinese sales numbers, while VW does just the opposite. Through September of this year, Volkswagen had 5 of the 10 best selling vehicles in China. GM boasted three of the cars on that list.
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It's also about staving off the challenges from BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Now that BMW has been able to turn some of its attention away from its "i" series of Megacity cars, it will reportedly spend more than planned in 2014 as it continues the rollout of ten all-new vehicles and 15 new-generation vehicles through the end of next year. Mercedes, having been dropped to third in the sales race, is preparing to add 13 new cars over the next six years.
Audi's money is going into technology, into product like the next-generation TT and the Q1 and production expansions and upgrades all over the world. The expenditure represents just under a fourth of Volkswagen's 84.2 billion-euro ($115.7 US) outlay devoted to taking the number-one global automaker title away from General Motors and Toyota by 2018.
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"Luxury brands are on fire," said Dave Sullivan, an industry analyst at AutoPacific. He said that the average profit margin is between six and eight percent. Brands like Porsche and Bentley have the benefit of competing in rarefied markets. Buyers looking at one their vehicles have fewer models to shop against and don't care as much about price. They can also charge more for options, which further boosts income, according to BusinessWeek.
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