a legendary $1.00 leader $25.00 horsepower boxer engine taken from the beetle it s no surprise that a load of one and a half tons had the engine puffing and groaning so the engineers gave it a shorter gear ratio that s brought the top speed down to 80 kilometers per hour but made it more dependable as a work or should be a 1.2 liter engine and this one delivers $34.00 horsepower. these days the vintage t one buses are mostly retired from their labors with no load they can be surprisingly nippy even if the maximum speed of just 95 kilometers per hour and the partially synchronized transmission will keep a driver in the country very leisurely. christof attributes the v.w. bus is enormous success to its incredible versatility the version he s driving now is a double cab pickup or as its fans call it