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The History of Volkswagen

The motor car is an icon of the 20th Century, and few car manufacturers have produced so many legendary cars as Volkswagen. The Beetle, the best selling car of all time; the Volkswagen bus, symbol of a generation; and the Golf, a modern masterpiece, are automobiles that have become an indelible part of the cultural and personal lives of millions.

In an era of privilege for the few, the Volkswagen was conceived as an affordable and reliable means of transport for the many. Ferdinand Porsche created the concept of the first peoples’ car for Europe in 1934 and a working prototype was launched in just a year.

By the end of 1942, 70,000 Volkswagen’s were produced and in 1945, in a swift recovery following the war, Volkswagen produced almost 2,000 vehicles for Allied Forces and the new German Post Office. By 1948, 25,000 Volkswagens had rolled off the production lines in Wolfsburg and the first two Beetles shipped to the USA. By 1949, another 25,000 Volkswagens were built, and the Volkswagen Karmann convertible became the best-selling convertible in the world.

By 1955, a million Volkswagens were made and the company had grown into a world corporation, building factories and working communities in the United States, Brazil and Canada. Less than two decades later, the Beetle became the best-selling car of all time, overtaking Ford’s famous Model T.

Moving forward to Volkswagen’s modern history, a "Super Beetle" (the Type 113) was added to the lineup in 1971. The Type 113 differed from the standard Beetle in its use of McPherson strut front suspension instead of torsion bars. The McPherson suspension added valuable trunk space and widened the front end. Despite the Super Beetle’s popularity with Volkswagen customers, purists preferred the standard Beetle with its less pronounced nose and its original torsion bar suspension. In 1973, Volkswagen introduced the military-themed Thing (Type 181) in America.

While Volkswagen’s range of cars soon became similar to that of other large European carmakers, the Golf has been the mainstay of the Volkswagen lineup since its introduction, and the mechanical basis for several other cars of the company. There have been five generations of the Volkswagen Golf, the first of which was produced from the summer of 1974 until the end of 1983, sold as the Rabbit in the United States and Canada and as the Caribe in Latin America. Its chassis also spawned the Scirocco coupe and Jetta sedan. North American production of the Golf / Rabbit commenced at a factory in Pennsylvania in 1978. The second-generation Golf hatchback / Jetta sedan ran from late 1983 to late 1991, and a North American version produced in Pennsylvania went on sale at the start of the 1985 model year. The American factory closed in 1988. In 1991, Volkswagen launched the third-generation Golf; garnering the European Car of the Year for 1992. The fourth incarnation of the Golf arrived in Europe in late 1997, and in North America in 1999, its chassis spawned a host of other cars within the Volkswagen group—the Volkswagen Bora, which is the sedan still called Jetta in the USA, the VW New Beetle, Audi A3 and the Audi TT. The current Volkswagen Golf was launched in late 2004 and was runner-up to the Fiat Panda in the 2004 European Car of the Year, and has so far spawned the new generation Audi A3. The fifth-generation Golf, now with the Rabbit name once again, went on sale in the U.S. and Canada in June 2006. Volkswagen of America believes that returning to the Rabbit nameplate will help the Golf’s sales in these two countries. A GTI version with a 2.0L performance engine was also introduced. The fifth-generation Jetta, and the performance version, the GLI, are also available in the United States and Canada.

Volkswagen resisted adding an SUV to its lineup, but it finally relented with the introduction of the Touareg in the early 2000’s. The company plans to add a miniature SUV, based on its "Concept A" concept vehicle, soon. On July 20th, 2006, VW announced that the new vehicle would be called the Tiguan. In the last fifteen years of the millennium Volkswagen has emerged as a true global force in automobiles, with the acquisition and re-development of famous names such as Audi, SEAT, Skoda, and Lamborghini.

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