a young Dustin Hoffman jumps around promoting type 3 fastback

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This is not a beetle commercial, but since it's both vw AND vintage AND aircooled, I guess you won't mind!

In this 1966 commercial you can see a young Dustin Hoffman telling us about the benefits of owning a type 3!

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[bill9808]

Interesting that he talks about "lots of elbow and leg room" although he is one of the shortest actors around.

[beetlejuice150]

I think that's why they asked HIM to do the commercial. Makes the car even look bigger!

[bananafooters]

So... uh... where IS the engine?

[beetlejuice150]

In the back, UNDER the trunk!

[smittykins]

Featuring Dustin Hoffman!

[beetlejuice150]

I missed that part, but you're right! I add this in the video info!

[CrustaceanFreak]

That ending was great. Awesome delivery.

[CharlieALabtech]

Wow the hypocrisy on display is absolutely amazing. Just think about it, it's as if a famous Muslim now started doing adverts for a hypothetical company symbolic of the Regime controlled by Milosevek

[contytub]

damn ... i see this commercial at least once or twice a year and never gets old or loses the fun .

[Duncan038]

Good job Doc Brown didnt use a Type 3 as a time machine then eh?.....

[machone7I]

@frenchmarky You don't understand the concept of a classic, cheap car... They what are you doing here?

Ok, almost every car hits 84 Mph... But in the times, it wasn't so little. Plus the car's simple, beautiful, fun to drive, fairly safe for the time, an fast enough. In a street it will get as many looks as anything you can throuw on it's side, and still for little money... Bad car? Nah. It's as good as when it came out if not better... And it's not all about speed either.

[skaterpunkdude3]

ever put together a type 3 door mechs and glass? TOTAL pain in the ass. and the engine hatch is too damn small. hard to work on but they look damn cool.

[andersport]

My 7th grade math teacher, Miss Seehaver had one. It was bright yellow and she looked sexy in it because Miss Seehaver was sexy and the car was cool..

[MrTabby5000]

whats the year and model?

[Ryoku75]

@frenchmarky Not much in speed but who even hits 90 in the US?

I bet most modern Camaros and Mustangs only get half of their hp actually used and despite the new Camaro being bigger the Fastback has a bigger trunk, no wait, it has 2 trunks that are both bigger then a Camaros.

[RSG2006]

This, of course, was made before Dustin Hoffman became a big star...and when he did become one, a few years later, VW still hadn't made any major modifications to the Fastback, so they were able to still air this commercial...but this time with the benefit of it having a recognizable big star in it pitching their product.