Volkswagen

The German car manufacturer Volkswagen. These products are generally priced higher than competing models, but again, more refined driving and operating costs. In 1934, Ferdinand Porsche requirement for low-cost small car, at the request of Adolf Hitler for the construction. His response – like insects known as the Volkswagen sedan (German, the people drive) – has made its debut two years later. Hitler built the town around the factory workers and named by Joy City life (the Nazi Party, with the slogan, Joy of violence), and soon decided that the Porsche factory called KDF-Wagen (short for the car with Joy strength). This region is the Porsche that was not political.World War II delayed the production of vehicles, plant severely damaged in battle, and eventually was taken over by the British Army. The company changed its name to Volkswagen in Wolfsburg and the city was renamed (after Werner von Schulenberg of Wolfsburg, which had forced his country to build the city and re-installing). At the end of 1940 has started mass production of the Beetle. The first model appeared on the coast of the United States in 1949. 1950 saw the Volkswagen is expanding its product portfolio with the bus (type 2) within his reach. Buses, in particular, was very popular because of its versatility. Beetle and the best-selling car of all time rapidly drawing perennial favorite, made up of over 1 million models in Wolfsburg until 1955. In this decade as the beginning of the Karmann Ghia sports car, has launched a stylish Italian design, with two parts of the body on board Beetle.Volkswagen pink star in 1960, mainly for its successful Beetle successful in small groups. A machine in an advertising campaign to benefit effectively from the popular Disney movie of the visit. At the end of the decade, the Volkswagen Beetle annual production exceeds 1 million. In 1972, with an installed capacity of over 15 million units around the world gathered Beetle Ford Model T is a mid-decade a new era in Volkswagen, the front panel, liquid-cooled engine had the front wheels. Passat (Dasher in the U.S.) for the first time that the new varieties and the use of standard components that can be used independently in other models of the manufacturer. Passat is a bit ‘Golf (Rabbit in the U.S.), an immediate success. At the end of the decade, manufacturers of a wide range of sporty Scirocco coupe and performance-oriented Golf / Rabbit GTI belong. But the Beetle was sold in the U.S. market.Golf has gained popularity over the years, the most popular model Volkswagen 80. The car was built in the second generation in 1983, was made in the highly automated, with robots – which marks the first time robots have been used in the automotive industry. Until the mid-80′s trade name for the American version of the Rabbit; wave. Golf GTI performance helped the producers for the waves on the route of the rally. Adopted in 1986, Volkswagen Motorsport Group Rally Championship title. VW sales in North America within 90 years, before the machine, but by the end of the decade, the magazine of marketing activities and increased use of new products for the recovery of assets. Popular New Beetle helped the company get back on the radar in the U.S. (although much less successful in the European market). Body shape is based on the classic mountain and fell to agree with consumers that are still in their hearts for gays famous Love Bug future.The new millennium has seen the Volkswagen moved into the luxury segment with the launch of the Phaeton and Touareg SUV expensive. Although it is well planned and executed the Phaeton was disappointing as sales, may signal a reluctance to spend on the dollar prize for the consumer to the brand, the label is the lack of high-class names such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Fortunately, the success of other vehicles in the Volkswagen line, which currently includes everything from family-oriented sedan-size SUV. The manufacturer now has a reputation for commercial vehicles, advanced manufacturing, and offers excellent accommodation.

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