On 11/29/05, Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hitler gave directions to Porsche on basic design elements of the > KdF-Wagen.. > one being the shape, another being the seating capacity, another being the > fuel economy.
Another being, legend has it, that it be able to run in any climate found in the Third Reich, once the Nazis had won the war---from North Africa to Siberia. Hence air-cooling, since cooling systems in '30s watercooled cars, before modern antifreeze formulations, tended to either freeze or boil over at the drop of a hat. Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo
