. i m ignored approve the construction of a utility van designed to carry a 750 kilogram payload based on the dependable v.w. beetle but it was not that easy nor cheap as it happened the beetle chassis tended to break up under a full load on the poor quality roads of the time often from. the beatles platform chassis wasn t strong enough to handle the one and a half tons of a fully loaded transporter so. steve the van a new ladder frame chassis with a unitized body but the axles engine and many other parts were still taken from the beetle it was 1950 and all they needed was the right name. i think you know christoph explains that in germany the v.w. bus was known as the bully word combination from bus and the german word lead from going to or delivery vandalize unfortunately the name was already trademarked and other suggestions such as felix lynx city and triomphe ator were also shot