<Li> Tank: 40 L (11 US gal; 9 imp gal) </Li> <Li> Colours: Aquarius blue, Harvest Moon beige . </Li> <P> In 1951, Volkswagen prototyped a 1.3 L diesel engine . Volkswagen made only two of these naturally aspirated, air - cooled boxer diesel engines, and installed one engine in a Type 1 and another in a Type 2 . The diesel Beetle was time tested on the Nürburgring and achieved 0--100 km / h (0--62 mph) in 60 seconds . </P> <P> The Beetle featured a rear - located, rear - wheel drive, air - cooled four - cylinder, boxer engine in a two - door bodywork featuring a flat front windscreen, accommodating four passengers and providing luggage storage under the front bonnet and behind the rear seat--and offering a coefficient of drag of 0.41; to this relatively good CD, the also streamlined rear of car was of help . The bodywork attached with eighteen bolts to its nearly flat chassis which featured a central structural tunnel . Front and rear suspension featured torsion bars along with front stabilizer bar--providing independent suspension at all wheels . Certain initial features were subsequently revised, including mechanical drum brakes, split - window rear windows, mechanical direction - indicators and the non-synchronized gearbox . Other features, including its distinctive overall shape, endured . In fact, the Beetle was prized for its seemingly unchanged appearance and "marketed to American consumers as the anti-GM and Ford:' We do not believe in planned obsolescence . We don't change a car for the sake of change ."' </P>

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