The Volkswagen Camper Van is set to go out of production at the end of the year, 63 years after it was originally introduced.
To be honest, we were surprised to learn that it was still in production at all -- VW stopped selling the old Type 2 camper in the UK sometime in the late 1970s -- but the model has been in continuous production in Brazil since 1976.
The original T1 van with its modern-day equivalent
Unfortunately, new safety legislation is forcing the Kombi out of production. From the beginning of 2014, all Brazilian cars must have ABS and driver and passenger airbags, and for the old VW bus to comply with these new regulations, it would have to be completely redesigned.
The Camper became linked with the hippie movement during the 1960s
The last VW Kombis will roll off the production lines on 31 December 2013 -- a day before the new law comes into force -- 63 years after the original camper went on sale.
The evolution of the VW Camper
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