Volkswagen Type 18A

The Volkswagen Type 18A is a limited production variant of the Volkswagen Type 1 made for the German police that started production in 1949.

In German it was called "Polizei Cabriolet" or Gendarmerier.

The floorpan was strengthened, but the engine was a stock Type 1 engine producing 25 hp (19 kW), with a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph).

[3] The car was initially made by Hebmüller, but in 1950 production was moved to Karmann.

[3] by Karmann, Hebmüller (which had a cabriolet top and mostly used four cloth doors),[4] Papler (based in Köln, which differed in having four steel doors; only two are known to survive),[4] and Austro-Tatra (which also used steel doors, and like the Hebmüller had a cabriolet top).