VW bus
Counterculture road icon
A VW bus is a Volkswagen Type 2, the boxy, flat-fronted van produced from the 1950s onward.
Its distinctive shape and association with 1960s counterculture made it iconic: They drove cross-country in an old VW bus.
Also called a VW van, Volkswagen bus, or microbus.
The original design became synonymous with hippie road trips and surf culture.
- camperOne sleeping outside recreationally
- hippieSixties counterculture member
- flower childGentle counterculture idealist
- VolkswagenGerman automobile corporation
- microbusSmall bus, few passengers
roadtrip · sixties · Summer of Love · surfboard · surf culture · vanlife · van life · road trip · groovy · camping · peace · peace sign · flower power · commune · Beetle · retro · pop top · kombi
- Retro TravelPan Am, TWA, Concorde, station wagon, road trip
- Sixtieshippies, Beatles, Woodstock, Vietnam War, JFK
- countercultureflower power, flower children, free love, hippie communes, Summer of Love
- Counterculture Symbolsanarchy symbol, peace sign, raised fist, Guy Fawkes mask, black flag
- Sixties Memorabilialove beads, peace sign, tie-dye, tie-dye shirt, bell bottoms
- Jam BandsGrateful Dead, Phish, jam, jams, extended jam
VW bussports car
High-performance driving machine
two-seater · roadster · Ferrari · Porsche 911 · Corvette
VW busCadillac
GM's upscale marque
limousine · BMW · Mercedes-Benz · Rolls-Royce · luxury car
VW bussupercar
High-performance luxury automobile
race car · Lamborghini · Bugatti · muscle car · dragster