This is a Bombardier Iltis, an ugly duckling built in Quebec in the mid-1980s. It's Canada's version of the Humvee: Martin Short as compared to Arnold...
24 months ago

Volkswagen wanted to sell them to the French military, and it knew just the place to make that pitch: the Paris-Dakar Rally.
48 months ago

This rather strange looking vehicle is the Volkswagen Iltis. It's a military 4x4 that also spawned a civilian version.
48 months ago

The Iltis was the second car that VW won the legendarily tough event with. Back in the Dakar's infancy, just the second time it was ever run, VW entered four...
80 months ago

The Volkswagen Iltis (Type 183) isn't just Vee-Dub's take on the Mercedes G-Wagen or the precursor of the Audi Quattro.
112 months ago

The VW Iltis' traction on snow convinced an Audi engineer to build an all-wheel drive road car.
35 months ago

This early 1980s Passat 4x4 reminded me of some of the other lesser-known 'off-road' Volkswagens that pre-date today's Alltrack and 4motion models.
81 months ago

They aren't Jeeps, but they are veterans of a sort. From the Mehari to the Moke, here's a look at the Foreign Legion.
77 months ago

As it did over four decades ago in Paris-Dakar, the Iltis makes it to the podium, finishing third in its group. Not bad for an old-timer. The...
30 months ago

This 1982 Audi Quattro was parked in a locked garage almost 30 years ago, it would spend decades in darkness with just the dust for company until Jonny Smith...
27 months ago