Today we celebrate Heinrich Nordhoff’s 127th Birthday. Born on the 6th of January 1899 in Hildesheim, Germany, he built up the Volkswagen company after the 2nd World War and was the man behind the Volkswagen beetles’ success worldwide. In 1948,… Weiterlesen »Happy Birthday Heinrich Nordhoff (1899)
On 30 July 2003 at 9:05 a.m., at the Puebla plant in Mexico, Volkswagen produced the final Type 1, after 21,529,464 examples were produced globally during its tenure.[ Its production span of 65 years is the longest of any single… Weiterlesen »The Last Original VW Beetle is Produced (2003)
The Volkswagen Beetle, also sold as the Volkswagen Käfer, Volkswagen Coccinelle, Volkswagen Maggiolino, and Volkswagen Fusca in some countries, is a small family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen introduced in 2011 for the 2012 model year, as the successor… Weiterlesen »The last VW New Beetle (A5) rolls off the line in Puebla Mexico (2019)
Volkswagen (VW) is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by The German Labour Front, it was revitalised into the global brand it is today after World War II by British Army officer Ivan… Weiterlesen »Volkswagen is founded (1937)
Ferdinand Piëch (17 April 1937 – 25 August 2019) was an Austrian business magnate, engineer, and executive who held the positions of chairman of the executive board of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002, and chairman of the supervisory… Weiterlesen »Happy Birthday Ferdinand Piëch (1937)
The Volkswagen Transporter, initially the Type 2, is a range of light commercial vehicles, built both as vans, pickups, and cab and chassis variants, introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as their second mass production light motor vehicle… Weiterlesen »The Volkswagen Transporter is launched (1950)