One can list many interesting things about Volkswagen's Type 2 series of commercial and leisure vans and busses, but the most remarkable achievement is the fact that the Beetle-based model managed to remain in production for 63 years if you take into account the original T1 version (1950-1975).
In a sea of lookalike passenger and commercial vans, the two first iterations of the Type 2 Series (T1 and T2) continue to stand out as they did on the first day they came out. Granted, they might not be to everyone's tastes, but there's no way you'll confuse them with anything else on the road and that's a pretty amazing feat if you think about it.
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