Kommandeurwagen Type 82E
Coincidentally, long before any of this happened, Volkswagen actually built something very similar in the factory. It was a war time model called the Kommandeurwagen Type 82E, and it consisted of a KdFwagen (Beetle) body on the chassis of a Kübelwagen. The body was not altered like a baja bug's but the concept was the same: a Beetle built for tougher terrain. It served mainly as transport for field commanders, hence the name. Only 669 were built before production of all KdF models was halted in 1945 because of heavy damage to the factory by Allied air raids.
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