A Brief Overview Of Post War Volkswagen Cars
At the end of the Second World War the responsibility for Volkswagenwerk is passed to the British Military Government. Major Ivan Hirst took over the war battered factory and began dismantling it in order to bring it back to the UK. However he struggled to find interest from potential British buyers. The company remained in Germany and began producing cars for the British Army. In 1948 control was passed back to Germany and the Type 1 Beetle was born. Production of the Type 1 grew rapidly after a slow start, and the company began designing new models to compliment the Beetle. In March 1950 the now much loved and sought after Type 2 went into production, creating a larger product with more versatility. In 1956 the Transporter, now a hugely popular van with many variants, acquired it's own plant in Hanover. This was the start of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle brand we see today. In 1964 Volkswagen bought Auto Union who owned Audi.
In 1969 they also purchased NSU Motorenwerke AG, and merged the two to form the Audi brand we know today. In 1973 the Passat went into production, with a range if engines topping off at 110bhp. In 1974 the first of Volkswagen's now much beloved Golf rolled off the production line at Wolfsburg. The Golf's popularity is almost immediate, and it is crowned the successor to the Beetle. 1975 saw the Polo for the first time, and in 1976 the GTI was added to the Golf line up, now one of Volkswagen's most iconic cars. The sports feel must have appealed to Volkswagen because Scirocco hatchback was released in the same year, a sports car which was relaunched again in 2008 and proved very popular both first and second time round. The 1980s and 1990s were a relatively quiet time for Volkswagen. The American market fell sharply in the 1980s, rising with the new car introductions, they promptly falling again. In August 2002 the Touareg luxury off roader came into production opening up a whole new market for Volkswagen, the popular high end 4x4 segment. The Touareg was well equipped and more affordable than many other vehicles in this area, with a range of petrol and diesel engines available. In December of the same year the Touran compact van/people carrier was introduced, available with 5 or 7 seats, and proved very popular with families requiring the flexibility of space it offers. Volkswagen's history has been varied and never dull, with new inspiration, wards, and models filling the years. Peter Cooper Volkswagen Group based on the South Coast have a wide range of used Volkswagen cars, as well as all the services you'd expect from a leading main dealership including Volkswagen servicing, body repairs, Motability and more.
Since 1983, the production of the model GTI began. Its development on the base of Golf the German carmaker started already at the beginning of the 70s. The VW constructors aimed at the creation of new models with high technical capability. And only in 1983, a GTI model with the engine 1,8 liters of volume and 90 hp of power appeared. At the sufficiently standard sight of it, the car was given by no means standard dynamic characteristics and was an illustration of the technical potential of the German manufacturer. After the significant recession of sales, which occurred at the end of the 80s the beginning of the 90s, Volkswagen stakes on its revived 芦beetle禄, a model of Beetle intended for the North American market. This front wheel drive car did not manage to become a car 芦for people禄, but it symbolized the beginning of a new stage in the development of the company by its appearance.
Closer to the end of the 90s such updated cars are released on the wheelbase of a new A4 model as of VW Jetta, Golf, and GTI, which became a sample of new designer trends of the German manufacturer. In contrast with the former models with angular features of their bodyworks, the new autos from VW have a smoother outline and at the same time retain such characteristics as strength and practicality in service. Numerous developments on the base of an A4 platform lead to the fact that the German car concern by the end of the 90s occupies one of the leading places in the arena of the world automobile industry. Also in the 90s, such carmakers like Seat and Skoda come to the Volkswagen concern. In 1997, the German company under the leadership of Ferdinand Pyokha bought Rolls-Royce Group and Bentley, and a year later it affiliates Lamborghini as well as the make Bugatti. After the quit of Pyokha from the position of the head of the concern, VW sells Rolls-Royce Group to the company BMW.
In 2003, Volkswagen made the serious request in the off-road vehicle segment and released an all-wheel-drive model Touareg with a pneumatic suspension and unmatched driving. And in 2006, another generation of the 芦star禄 of German automobile industry comes out: the Fifth VW Golf. Following requirements of its customers, long ago Volkswagen started the development of a line of eco-friendly cars known under the name of BlueMotion. Golf known to everyone, Passat, Polo, and other well- known cars belong to this line. Now the car concern Volkswagen A.G. The models of this German Company have deserved demand and long ago established themselves as technological, reliable and economical vehicles. The emblem of Volkswagen is a combination of letters V and W in a blue background circumscribed by a circle. Franz Xavier Remspiss - the person, who in due course refined the engine for the car Beetle-, was the creator of the logo.
