Electric Motor Kit for Volkswagen Beetle

The Fusca That Should Ever Have Walked

The Volkswagen Fusca has one of the most unlikely stories of automotive engineering.

Created to be the people's car, with air-cooled boxer engine embedded in the rear, it subverted all the logics of the time and became one of the best-selling cars in history.

There was something almost alive in that compact engine, working quietly behind the back seat, as if the car was thinking on its own.

Your model of Beetle already reproduces every detail of this mechanics with admirable fidelity: the round air filter, the carburetor, the belt, the exhaust tubes revealed when opening the rear hatch.

What this kit delivers is the next logical step, what any engineer would do in front of a stationary engine: Get the Beetle on the move.

Prepare the chassis. The wheels will rotate

The Engine That Passed Decades

The boxer engine of 4 air-cooled cylinders Volkswagen was, in the 1960s, an elegant engineering solution to a real problem: how to build a cheap, reliable and easy to maintain car.

Positioned in the rear of the vehicle, it eliminated the need for a front radiator, reduced the weight on the front axle and simplified the transmission.

It was, in short, an engine thought of with the head of the person who needed the car to simply work.

The replica honors this legacy with impressive aesthetic fidelity, but a halted engine is only half the story.

The engine kit exists to complete the equation: transmit real torque to the wheels and turn the replica into a machine that responds to the command, exactly as the original did on the roads of the 1960s.

Kit Details

⚙️ Electric motor: Power Functions M (medium) line engine, installed at the bottom of the chassis or integrated to the front axle to draw the wheels with controlled and silent torque.

📡 Receiver: Power Functions Receiver included, responsible for receiving the control signal and triggering the engine with immediate response. The installation is discreet and does not interfere with the silhouette of the model.

🔋 Battery box: Battery Box Power Functions included, accommodated at the bottom of the body to distribute the weight evenly and maintain the center of gravity of the model stable during movement.

🏗️ Rear boxer engine: the original hatch visual set, with air filter, carburetor, belt and exhausts, remains intact as aesthetic detail. Motorization is added without compromising any visual elements already built.

🪛 Compatible installation: the kit was specifically sized for the model 10252, with fittings that take advantage of the native fastening points of the chassis without the need for permanent structural changes.

🧾 Important: This product is the Engine kit only. The block model is not included and must be purchased separately.

? Reasons to Take Home

🏆 From the window to the track: the mounted Beetle already impresses stopped. In motion, with control in hand and spinning wheels, it becomes a collection object with another dimension of interaction.

🎯 Surgical fitting: each component was chosen for the specific model of the fusca.No adaptations, no gambiarras.The installation preserves the aesthetic integrity of the original model.

🔍 Visual boxer engine intact: the aesthetic soul of the Fusca, the mechanical assembly of the rear revealed by hatch, remains exactly as it was assembled. Motorization works in parallel, not in replacement.

✨ No electronic level required: If you want to Beetle, you install this kit. Fittings follow the constructive logic you already know, with technical support available in the included manual.

📸 Photogenic on the move: a Beetle walking on a table, recorded in video or photo, has an immediate visual appeal. It is the kind of content that speaks for itself.

🎁 The upgrade that was missing: you spent hours building every detail of the 10252. This kit recognizes that its engineering deserves to move.

The boxer engine is already in the back. The receiver is ready. Now you need to press the button and let the Beetle go. ⚙️🐛