Driving pleasure begins as you step into the car, for the interior of the Volkswagen, like the outside, is both handsome and fuctional. Upholstery and door and wall fabrics harmonize subtly in color and pattern with the paint, giving you a sense of comfortable distinction. Seats and backs are softly sprung and form-fitting. The generous front seats can be individually adjusted even when the car is in motion. As they shift forward, they also rise; the backs can be adjusted to three different angles. The deep seat in the back has ample room for three, and the distance from the front seats gives them full freedom of movement. When a door is opened, the bright top light goes on automatically. The speedometer light is adjustable at will. A glance at the tasteful panel shows:
1. INDICATOR LEVER on the steering column, can be operated with one finger of the left hand.
2. Behind a tasteful grille, space to install a LOUDSPEAKER.
3. Large INSTRUMENT UNIT with speedometer, odometer warning lights, neatly spotted on the dial, for generator and cooling system (red), oil pressure (green), high beam (blue), and directional signal (double arrow).
4. Hand-fitting, comfortable TWO SPOKE STEERING WHEEL, light-coloured, with the arms of Wolfsburg castle on the horn button.
5. Fast-moving WINDSHIELD WIPERS with wide sweep and firm pressure, non-dazzling, with automatic return when shut off.
6. Space for RADIO with dial and knobs, above it to the left the pull-and-twist switch for the headlights and the fully adjustable illumination of the combined instrument unit, to the right the pull switch for the windshield wipers.
7. Handy on the driver's right the combined IGNITION AND STARTING LOCK (the ignition key is also the door key), next to this the convenient pull-out ASH TRAY and the CHOKE KNOB.
8. Extremely roomy, wide GLOVE COMPARTMENT, the lid of which drops open automatically when the button is pressed.