Autoquiz 466

[carsntrucks4you]

Here the new challenge, as usual sent PM with Year, Make and Type

[peteski]

Somehow I have a feeling that this one is not as easy at it appears at a first glance.

[porschercr]

11 hours ago, peteski said:

Somehow I have a feeling that this one is not as easy at it appears at a first glance.

I would agree.

[Bucky]

My first choice struck out.

[DonW]

Mine too.

It seemed so easy but I am now stumped!

Can't wait to see what it actually is!

[carsntrucks4you]

This  time some of you though this quiz is to simple. But it wasn't. In the first view it looks like a VW Thing or Type 181 but it has 2 door instead of 4 like the Thing. This car is a 1974 Pingo from Uruguay. Some sources say 1973. While the Thing is based on a Karman Ghia  chassis is Pingo based on a Beetle chassis. The Beetle is smaller in width than  the Karman Ghia one. The body has 2 doors because it wasn't stable enough for 4 doors and it is made out of fiberglass. Only 12 were build before VW do Brazil stopped delivery of VW Fuscia (Beetle) chassis. They want to sell their Thing instead of the Pingo. 

The correct answer were sent in by 

dw1603

GeeBee

ChrisR

matthijsgrit

Ace-Garageguy

sjordan2

Kollefornia Kid

and

stitchup gets 1/3  credits because he couldn't decide which of the three cars that he mentioned is the car of the quiz