Today's 1974 Volkswagen 181 'Thing,' on the other hand, proffered none of those aspirations in its initial mission. First developed as a military vehicle, VW decided to bring the 181 to America in ...

The Corvair wasn't the only car that Ralph Nader considered questionably competent, he also railed against the VW Thing for its own safety shortcomings. Today's Nice Price or No Dice 181 may not ...

Photo: Volkswagen While the Type 181 was built for use by various militaries from 1968 to 1983 or so (and was still in use in some pretty recently!) the Thing is really best known because in ...

The Volkswagen Type 181 was known under many names across the globe, but none was more fitting than the one it got in the U.S. - the Thing. Bear in mind this was before the sci-fi horror film ...

for the rights to the name “E-Thing” as relating to land vehicles. This moniker references the VW Type 181; a small, all-terrain vehicle that served with the West German military. Volkswagen ...

The complexity and computerization of modern cars have made retro classics like the VW Thing cool again. It was officially dubbed the Type 181, but was sold as the Trekker in the United Kingdom ...

Born late during the 1960s as the civilian version of the West German Army-designed Volkswagen 181, the Thing went by many alternate names depending on its sales market. At home it was the ...

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While "The Thing" was only available in the United States for two years, from 1973 to 1974, it was first released in the fall of 1969 to the European market as the "Type 181" (via Hot Cars).

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