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Steven Ayres wrote: > WiillB> He claims there is such a car as a 411 LE > => fastback with a rotary engine. (maybe not a type 3) > > The 411 exists, and it's a fastback, and you're right, not a Type 3, rather > a Type 4. But VW never had a rotary engine to my knowledge. (Had the Wankel > even gone into production that early?) Yes. The very first wankel powered car was NOT an NSU like many people claim to be. The very first was the Mazda Cosmo 110S launched in 1966, beating NSU by a few months. The Cosmo 110S was, in a way, a competitor to the Type3 Karmann Ghia. See the car: http://www.yin.or.jp/user/cosmosp/ But back to the original question: No, VW has never had any car powered by Wankel. They had the NSU RO80, but it wasnt badged as a VW. The 411 and 412 (facelift) had a 1.7 or 1.8 boxer 4-cyl engine. > There might be or have been an > owner-modified car like he describes, but that wouldn't count. Dunno about > the LE designation. The LE designation is common in Europe; only US option was LE's and thus not marked as such nor anything else (E, L). PerL 73 Variant L ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org