It was invented immediately after the war, in the factory a far-sighted English military man had set up to turn the German economy from making machines of warfare to products for peacetime. By the seventies that dream had been amply fulfilled, as the VW Campervan became the conveyance of choice for West Coast hippies, Australian surf bums and Europeans taking the overland route to find enlightenment and good karma in India. It had also become indeed, still is the first choice for any couple, or family, seeking a cheap camping holiday with wheels attached. So never mind the oddly off-centre driving wheel, the vagaries of the aircooled rear engine the VW Campervan had become more than a vehicle it had truly become a way of life.
