During World War II, the Volkswagen plant is primarily used to produce military vehicles, including the SUV-like Kübelwagen and the amphibious Schwimmwagen. By 1943, more than 12,000 prisoners of war ...
On March 8, 1950, the iconic Volkswagen Bus began production. Officially called the Volkswagen Type 2 — and the Microbus, Splitscreen, or Splittie by modern fans of the vehicle — it remained on the ...
Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn was preparing to build the Passat at a new $1 billion U.S. factory and was not pleased. Visiting the Tennessee site before the 2011 opening, he ...
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Volkswagen will stop making its iconic Beetle after nearly seven decades on the market, the German automaker announced Thursday. The first Beetles rolled off production lines in 1938. Their increasing ...
The Volkswagen Beetle has a unique and colorful history, with principal characters that include the Nazi dictator who personified evil, the legendary designer of Germany’s most celebrated race cars ...
Adolf Hitler approves Ferdinand Porsche’s design for the “people’s car,” or volkswagen. A town called Stadt des KdF-Wagens, now Wolfsburg, is established for factory workers in 1938. Full-scale ...
VW has been operating in Brazil since 1953, when it opened its first production facilities outside GermanyRalf Hirschberger/dpa/picture alliance US President Donald ...