Volkswagen this year outside of SP Coupe, Brazil, original country relatively unknown car 40 celebrates its anniversary. Brazil subsidiary of the company is built in the 70s, attractive Coupe funny stories. 1968 Rudolf Leiding, former CEO of Audi NSU, VW Brazil, he is accepting one condition, was appointed Director of work: Brazil market adaptation modeling permissions.
He believed in a two-seater sports coupe to succeed Leiding thoughts about building and blocked automotive imports to South America's largest market in the 1970s.
'-The Karmann Ghia Brazil ', along with at the time already started development date Karmann Ghia Coupe, new Coupe used many parts for VW Volkswagen Brazil building was local models range from as low costs.
The team used VW 1600 Brazil version type 3 (ancestor of the Passat) platform. Steel body took the chassis was developed from scratch, axle, engine, and engineers. SP uses the 1600, twin headlights, too. VW itself decided to offer a basic version of this unit is equipped with sports car for improper certification test prototype cars, 54 hp 1. 6 l engine known as the SP 1.
SP name "Sem Pot ê ncia to" (Portugal) to "none" to the joke came from the fact that São Paulo, Brazil's largest cities stood, it was. For SP-2 versions, however, engineers, air cooled flat four engine into 1. 7-Liter displacement amplification. Units are thus developed, 65 HP 4,600 rpm provides SP 2 156 km/h (97 mph) top speed.
Of SP 1 on limited sales have SP 2: 10,000 from June 1972 1976 in February, in their Brazil are sold at most island units made. If you want to install as a CEO of a company car was officially sold in Europe, but in 1971, one way for the Germany model for discovery and Rudolf Leiding VW was brought back to Headquarters. He, as a gift for his wife, along the SP 2 is brought. You can see at the Museum of today, the European collectors own several SP 2 Coupe and a VW. Attempt several years ago to SP 2 resurrection but nothing so far materialized and has.
By Dan Mihalascu
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