Some people call it the stoner mobile, some say it's the official transportation choice for hippies worldwide. We say Volkswagen's Type 2, aka the Transporter, aka the Bus aka the Microbus was one of the most iconic vehicles ever produced. What started off as an awkward bus looking car, the Beatles big brother went onto become the face of Volkswagen. Right before it seeped into every facet of pop culture. From movies to music, the Bus has been there, so it's only right that we look back on some of its greatest moments as it turns the big 6-0! Take a look at some of our favorite moments in Volkswagen Bus history...
The Volkswagen Type 2 Begins Production (1950)
COMPLEX SAYS: It may have been approved for production in 1947, but it wasn't until 1950 that the Type 2 rolled off the assembly line and started its quest of world wide domination as the first minivan ever.
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Libyan Terrorists Use the Bus in Back to the Future (1985)
COMPLEX SAYS: The '80s classic established the VW bus as the ride of choice for plutonium-hungry scientist killas. Damn Libyans!
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Volkswagen uses the Bus to take shots at Honda (2009)
COMPLEX SAYS: In case you missed it, instead of making a new version of the Bus, Volkswagen called on Dodge to build them a minivan. Then, in an attempt to gain some marketshare, they made commercials taking shots at the Japanese minivans that were starting to dominate the market. And who did they call to blast off? The OG minivan himself, the OG Type 2, voiced by none other than Thomas Haden Church.
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