In 1933, Ferdinand Porsche was asked by the new Nazi government to design a car for the working man, a project which later to be known as the “people’s car”, or Volkswagen. In May 1937, a company was created to develop and make the car, and one year later, work started on the building of a new factory in the town later to be known as Wolfs burg. However, the war interrupted production almost at once and production was turned over to military vehicles.

In 1945, the factory which was now located in the British occupation zone, was placed under the control of a British Army officer, Major Ivan Hirst. There was no longer a need for military vehicles, so Hirst resuscitated the Volkswagen project and started production following an order from the British Army for 20,000 cars. The factory was then offered to the major US car
manufacturers but when no interest was shown, Heinrich Nor Hoff, a former senior manager with Opal, was recruited in 1948 and he finally took over from Major Hirst the following year.

This was the beginning of one of the most important German companies, which was based on a car which would sell over 20 million units over the following 40 years or so.

Over the next few years, Sun Star will trace the history of this world-wide icon, starting with the 1949 saloon with its split rear-window (Bretzel).

Features :

•  Super-detailed 1:12 scale
•  Over 400 parts
•  Functioning traffic captors (manual)
•  Opening glove box
•  Tilting front seats
•  Opening front side windows operated by crank handle
•  Removable spare wheel
•  Rear seat backs fold forwards
•  Removable tool kit
•  Independent suspension
•  Functioning door handles
•  Detailed engine with separate HT leads, fan belt, alternator, starter motor etc
•  Removable hub cabs
•  All four wheels can be changed by unscrewing the 5 nuts
•  Possible windscreen wipers
•  movable gear lever
•  movable sun visors