VW

VW 21

· Generation

Source and record

Swiss Typenschein type approval (pre-1985)

Official source: ASTRA (Federal Roads Office), type-approval overview table (pre-1985)

: Brand and model come from the official catalogue.

Data as of: 2026-08-01

This page describes a vehicle configuration (type/variant/version), not an individual vehicle.

Original document

Open PDF in a new tab · Official scan of the type approval. Source: FEDRO (Federal Roads Office), served from our archive holdings.

Vehicle stock in Switzerland

11 actively registered

Colours

  • Blue6
  • Green3
  • Orange1
  • White1

Cantons

  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1

First registration by year

  • 19731
  • 19761
  • 19772
  • 19785
  • 19792

Vehicle category

Most common value in Swiss registrations

  • Light commercial vehicle

Less commonly observed in registrations: 1 more values · 2 vehicles

Fuel

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Petrol

Body form

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Kasten · No official English label

Drivetrain

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Rear-wheel drive

Gearbox

  • Manual
  • Automatic

Axles

  • 2

Cylinders

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • 4

Postcodes

  • 30..
  • 35..
  • 46..
  • 60..
  • 63..
  • 72..
  • 81..
  • 83..
  • 88..
  • 96..

VIN prefixes

  • 2132108...
  • 2172031...
  • 2172084...
  • 2172099...
  • 2182069...
  • 2182073...
  • 2182108...
  • 2182152...
  • 2192001...
  • 2192073...
  • 2192098...

Key data

Marke
VW
Marke und Typ
VW 21
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Hubraum
1970
Zylinder
4
Leistung kW
0
Fahrzeugart
030
Karosserieform
147
Antrieb
H
Bestand in Verkehr
12
Bestand ausser Verkehr
810

Field labels are the German originals of ASTRA's overview table (pre-1985); no official translations exist for this corpus ("Lien RT" is the official French label of the French scan).

Typenschein – all fields

TG
385450
Link TG
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Lien RT
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Erstellung
vor / avant 10.03.2004
TG-Format
1. Generation
Marke
VW
Marke und Typ
VW 21
Markencode
4017
Fahrzeugart
030
Karosserieform
147
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Leistung kW
0
Hubraum
1970
Zylinder
4
Antrieb
H
Sitze von
3
Gesamtgew. von
2300
Bestand in Verkehr
12
Bestand ausser Verkehr
810