Volkswagen Type 4

The Volkswagen Type 4 is a compact and mid-size family car that Volkswagen of Germany built as a D-segment car from 1968 to 1974, in two-door and four-door sedan and two-door station wagon body styles. It evolved through two generations, the 411 from 1968 to 1972 and the 412 series from 1972 to 1974. Designed under the direction of Heinrich Nordhoff and introduced at the Paris Motor Show in October 1968, the 411 was Volkswagen's largest passenger vehicle with the company's largest engine, with styling credited to Carrozzeria Pininfarina. As Volkswagen's first four-door saloon it brought unibody construction, coil springs and MacPherson strut front suspension, and it was succeeded by the first-generation Passat. Its engine carried on in the larger-engined Type 2 models until 1983.