Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer founded in 1936. It is owned by Volkswagen AG and was founded by Ferdinand Porsche. Volkswagen in German literally means "people's car". The popularity of the brand grew with the appearance of the Beetle, with its rear engine air cooled. It was soon found that it was not an ordinary car. Designed to be the "people's car", it had to be reliable and foolproof. The rounded design of the Beetle, meanwhile, quickly became a symbol of conformism. And the simplicity of its geometric line served as a precursor to future Volkswagen models - especially the New Beetle. For years, Volkswagen sought a companion to its North American Beetle so popular. And in 1975, the launch of the Rabbit responded to this need. Further away from the tradition of rear-engine vehicles, the Volkswagen Rabbit endowed front-wheel drive and a tail independent. Although it has been copied many times, nobody has really been able to reproduce the charm of the original Rabbit. Called Golf in Europe, it has become one of the biggest sellers of all time Volkswagen.
Launched jointly with the Cabrio in 1982, the Jetta was more or less a larger version of the popular Rabbit. Starting frame of the Rabbit hatchback sedan converted, we obtained a considerably larger Jetta aerodynamic and its popular cousin. Lines sedan has allowed Volkswagen to offer another intermediate model, which would become the biggest selling Volkswagen in North America over the next twenty years. In the 1970s, Volkswagen has modified a model already very popular, Rabbit / Golf, to create a whole new breed of high performance car - the "small bomb". In 1983, during its launch in North America, the GTI pulled 90 horsepower from its 1.8 litre engine and had special exterior trim and sport seats. This car symbolizes fun and proved to all that the German mechanical engineering was still very much alive. It was a classic car design and simple, but with a surprising power. This is why the GTI is still one of the purest examples of the Volkswagen brand. Following a decline in sales in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Volkswagen returns once again surprise the North America. In 1998, the New Beetle is launched. Inspired by the famous domed roof of the original Beetle, she immediately sensation. It is a renaissance. The new version features clean inside typical Beetle, assorted colours, front-wheel drive most modern, dual front airbags and antilock brakes. The New Beetle is an automotive legend reinvented. It builds a bridge between the past and the future of Volkswagen. The Touareg is Volkswagen's first foray into the SUV category. The Touareg is a pioneer in the SUV designed without compromise. Not a single 4 x 4 areas. Its advanced technology, including the incomparable air suspension, it delivers exceptional off-road capabilities. Off the beaten track, water, snow, mud, practically nothing stops. And the best is that his spirit of adventure is equalled its proven competence on the road. For Volkswagen Touareg 2004 and finally embody the possibility of moving downtown chic "spot" of native trout fishing without having to change vehicle.
Along with an increase in thermal comfort, the environment also benefits, since the air conditioning does not need to supply as much cooling power due to the reduced heating. At the same time, this improves the fuel economy of the GTI. Panoramic tilt/slide sunroof. A transparent system was developed here, which utilises a maximum roof area, offers optimal ventilation and opening functions, does not impair the torsional rigidity of the car and has the visual effect of lengthening the windscreen. What is referred to as the light transparency area - the incident light in the closed state - was enlarged by 33 per cent compared to a normal tilt/slide sunroof. Incidentally, the tinted, heat-insulating glass reflects away 99 per cent of UV radiation, 92 per cent of incident heat radiation and 90 per cent of incident light. Radio and radio-navigation systems. Volkswagen is equipping the Golf GTI with a new generation of radio and radio/navigation systems with completely new designs.
All systems have a touchscreen as standard. The new device generation is available in three different display sizes: 5 inches, 5.8 inches and 8 inches. “Composition Touch” radio (5-inch). The standard system on-board the Golf GTI is Composition Touch. It offers three buttons to the left and three to the right of the touchscreen that are used to activate the ‘Radio’, ‘Media’, ‘Car’, ‘Setup’, ‘Sound’ and ‘Mute’ menus/functions. It also offers a SD card slot, aux-in interface and two push dials (e.g. for on/off, volume, mute). This standard module also includes an FM/AM radio, loudspeakers (front), an interface for SD cards and an aux-in interface. “Composition Media” radio (5.8-inch). Equipped to offer even more extensive features is the Composition Media radio. Its capacitive colour display is 5.8 inches in size, and it is coupled with a proximity sensor that is integrated across the area beneath the display. The display also responds to wiping and zooming gestures, as used in similar fashion on modern smart phones.
“Discover Media” navigation function (5.8-inch). The Composition Media radio can have a navigation module (Discover Media) added to it. “Discover Pro” radio-navigation system (8-inch). The top radio-navigation system with a large 8-inch capacitive touchscreen is known as the Discover Pro. Mobile phone. For den Golf GTI, Volkswagen is offering the two mobile phone interfaces “Comfort” and “Premium” as well as a smartphone (“Nokia Asha 300”) integrated via the hands-free unit. The “Comfort” and “Premium” mobile phone interfaces can be ordered together with the “Composition Media” (only “Comfort”), “Discover Media” and “Discover Pro” audio/navigation systems. The “Comfort” interface offers such features as an external antenna interface to a newly designed charging cradle on the centre console, voice control and the use of phone contact and address data for inputting a destination in the navigation system. The “Premium” interface omits the external antenna interface from the charging cradle; instead it offers a GSM/UMTS transceiver with a SIM card slot and WLAN hotspot.
