Volkswagen Brasilia
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The Volkswagen Brasilia, was a car made in Brasil between 1973 and 1982. Its market place was occupied by the Volkswagen Gol.
The Brasilia (named after Brazil's capital city) looked like a 3-door version of Volkswagen 412 Station Wagon, but was in fact based on Volkswagen Beetle. It was developed by Volkswagen do Brasil, which had at the time a unique and somewhat exotic line of cars, which spawned such rarities as the SP2. The Brasilia was equipped with the Volkswagen air cooled engine.
The front of the car was the same as the German 412, and the back resembled a scaled down Brazilian Variant. It was also the first Brazilian hatchback with 5 doors.
In the end of the 70's, VW has a project, who delivery prototypes, which consisted in a new model of Brasília model, based on VW Passat. Maybe it turned the VW Gol, market some years after.
The total production of VW Brasilia reached over 1 000 000 vehicles. Some were exported to Mexico and Chile and in CKD kits to Nigeria, where it was renamed Igala.
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