What is the difference between a Volkswagen Sedan 113 and Sedan 111?

Oh boy.

If the car's chassis number starts with "111" it's a 1971-year 111; if it starts with "113" it's a 1973-year 111.

Chassis number and type number are two totally different things, though, and we're now talking types.

The difference between a 111 and a 113? The 111 is the Deluxe Beetle. There is also a Standard Beetle that falls into type 111; these were only for Third World countries because they were even more rudimentary than the Bugs we got here. Anyway, this car had the flat steel dash, the standard front suspension and the standing-on-edge spare tire.

The 113 is the flat-windshield Super Beetle. It was two inches wider in the back (which is why rear spoilers for type 111 won't fit on a Super), it's got MacPherson strut front suspension, the spare tire lies flat in the trunk and there were a couple other things I don't remember. I think the dash was a little different, but it was still very similar to the one in the 111.

The curved-windshield Super is type 1311. Both cars' chassis number starts with "13." 111 is a 1971, 113 is a 1973 The third number also indicates the year of the vw.