eBay Find of the Day: the VolksAru
Click above for gallery of the VolksAru
While sharing our nightmares around the Autoblog virtual water cooler, we've discovered that it's common for interweb auto scribes to wake with a start in the middle of the night, cold sweat trickling down our brows. The common terror? Frankenstein cars. The dreaded dreams are usually brought on by late night eBay surfing, and this vehicle may haunt our slumber tonight. If you've ever thought to yourself "Gosh, I wonder what a Type I Beetle coughing up a Subaru GL would look like," here's your ride. It's got a Subaru dash and door panels, while the seats are VW, so the seam is somewhere up there. It's being sold as a gas-saver, likely because both of the flat-four powertrains - there are two - are relative fuel sippers. We can't discern whether the engines are synchronized to run at the same time, or if it's a one at a time type thing with the other motor and transmission serving as 500 pounds of extra mass to haul around when not in use. Like our nightmares, the seller of this vehicle is definitely dreaming with a $20,000 starting bid. Check out more awkward angles of this monstrosity in our gallery below, but don't blame us when the Boogey Man begins driving it in your dreams. Thanks for the tip, Raoul!
Gallery: VolksAru
[Source: eBay Motors]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TJ 11:41AM (10/14/2008)
:speechless:
Someone needs to step away from the crack pipe.
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metal409 11:43AM (10/14/2008)
o.O .. is that 2 shifters I see?
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Berto 12:06PM (10/14/2008)
I can't even begin to imagine what was going on in the head of the guy building this.
It would be pretty comical to see this "blasting" down the 5
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Not Detroit 12:13PM (10/14/2008)
So the Germans and the Japanese CAN work together on a car. Can you imagine what the thing sound like when both engines are running? No heat from the VW side inside the car, and the spare tire is still up front, sitting on top of the engine. And two clutch pedals. This would be a great getaway car; witnesses saw either a Subaru or a Bug.
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Chris 12:49PM (10/14/2008)
Good luck getting this thing registered.
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ronzo 1:02PM (10/14/2008)
Should have titled this "the bu-baru"
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Mel. R 1:10PM (10/14/2008)
It's got a tumor!
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dukeisduke 1:40PM (10/14/2008)
"It's not a too-mah!"
(ahhnold in kindergarten cop)
MONTE 1:50PM (10/14/2008)
Kind of like the twin-engined Audi TT, except not cool.
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thePeterN 2:16PM (10/14/2008)
The perfect car for the girl that's bound to burn out her clutch on a dark night in the bad part of town when she's late for an interview and there's a full moon. Just use the other drivetrain.
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mad_hindu 5:27PM (10/14/2008)
That's a Subwagen.
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C'est Raoul 5:32PM (10/14/2008)
The also funny thing, is I drive a frankestein Vanaru: a vanagon westfalia with a subaru engine (great and common conversion).
Several beetles and type 2 also run with subaru engines.
But not with the original VW engine dumbass!
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cibrlx01 5:46PM (10/14/2008)
I think it would be funny if the transmissions had different settings on the gears. Don't German cars have reverse left(in) and up, while Japanese cars have it right(over) and down?
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1337 5:56PM (10/14/2008)
This is nothing new... Definitely not an "invention." At least Red Green realizes it's not worth $20k.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b61f6bAuytw
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Joe 8:56PM (10/14/2008)
OMG this thing would give Ralph Nader a conniption!!!
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