The Iltis (“polecat” in German) was a vehicle designed to replace the 1970s German military's outdated DKW Munga (an all-wheel-drive Jeep-like...
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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...
27 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.
52 months ago

This rather strange looking vehicle is the Volkswagen Iltis. It's a military 4x4 that also spawned a civilian version.
52 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...
84 months ago

The VW Iltis' traction on snow convinced an Audi engineer to build an all-wheel drive road car.
38 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.
80 months ago

The 40-year-old off-road vehicle is hopelessly underpowered at just 55 kW/75 hp. Even at full throttle, the Jeep-like car barely gets above...
33 months ago

It's a 1985 model with the 1.7L VW engine. It has just 45,000 km on the clock, although most of that was probably spent off-road. The Iltis has...
87 months ago

Audi's iconic Quattro AWD owes its existence to a Volkswagen army truck with a weird name...
40 months ago