Volkswagen Pictures and Specifications

Our Volkswagen pictures were made by our photographers at car museums, car shows, and automobile auctions across the United States. We have original photos of some of the finest classic, collector, and recent Volkswagenes in the world.

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Volkswagen Photos

	1949 Volkswagen Sedan The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan
	Modified 1955 Volkswagen Dragster 2005 Henderson Springsational Car Show in Henderson, Nevada
	1958 Volkswagen Pickup 2005 Henderson Springsational Car Show in Henderson, Nevada
	Modified 1959 VW Race/Rally Car 2005 Henderson Springsational Car Show in Henderson, Nevada
	1959 Volkswagen Westfalia Camper The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan
	1961 Volkswagen Convertible Central Texas Museum of Automotive History in Rosanky, Texas
	1963 Volkswagen Model 113 Beetle Antique Automobile Club of America Museum (AACA) in Hershey, Pennsylvania
	1964 Volkswagen 1200 Deluxe Convertible National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada
	1965 VW Beetle 100% Original 2005 Springfield Ohio Swap Meet & Car Show
	Imported 1965 Volkswagen Notchback 2005 Orange Plaza Car Show in Orange, California
	1966 Volkswager Beetle 2005 Springfield Ohio Swap Meet & Car Show
	1968 Karmann Ghia Convertible Hickory Corners, Michigan
	1970 Karmann Ghia Coupe 2005 Masters Ultimate Car Show in Knoxville, Tennessee
	1973 Karmann Ghia Coupe 2005 Springfield Ohio Swap Meet & Car Show
	Custom 1973 VW Super Beetle Convertible Street Rod 2005 Masters Ultimate Car Show in Knoxville, Tennessee
	1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Tupelo Automobile Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi
	1978 Volkswagen v20 Super Beetle Convertible Sunbelt Auto Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada
	Tricked Out 1998 VW GTi VR6 Tuner 2005 East Coast Nationals Car Show in Richmond, Virginia
	2003 Volkswagen EOS Preview Model 2006 Atlanta Car Show in Atlanta, Georgia
	VW Beetle Street Rod Jasper, Georgia
	Custom Volkswagen Beetle Rat Rod 2005 Masters Ultimate Car Show in Knoxville, Tennessee
	Radical Custom Volkswagen Van 2005 Orange Plaza Car Show in Orange, California
	Karmann Ghia 2006 World Of Wheels Car Show in Atlanta, Georgia
	Herbie The Love Bug Four of the VWs used in the filming

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Volkswagen

In 1934, Ferdinand Porsche received an order from Hitler to design and build an economical vehicle that the average German could afford to purchase and operate; a "Volkswagen" (peoples' wagon in German). Five prototypes were built in 1935-1936 and 126 cars were produced 1936-1939.

Volkswagenwerke GmbH was founded in 1938 and a new factory was built. In February 1940 the plant was finished and production began, but not on the VW 1KdF-Wagen (the original name of what became known as the VW Beetle). Instead the off-road VW Typ 2 Kuebelwagon designed for the German Army was built. In the years 1940 to 1944, only 630 original-design Volkswagens were produced.

Production of the Volkswagen Beetle began in August, 1945 and continued in Germany until 1980. The first two VW Beetles were imported into the United States in 1949. Ultimately, over 20 million Volkswagen Beetles were produced worldwide, more than any other car model ever made.

In the last 40 years Volkswagen has acquired other car makers including:

Auto Union (Audi) - 1964 50%, 1966 100%
NSU - 1969
Seat - 1986 75%, 1990 100%
Skoda - 1991 31%, 1994, 60.3%, 1995 70%, 2000 100%
Bentley - 1998
Lamborghini - 1998 (Became part of the Audi brand)
Bugatti (Brand) - 1998

In 2003, Volkswagen AG, includings its brands VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Lamborghini, Bentley, Shanghai VW, and FAW-VW, produced 5,034,006 vehicles in 20 countries, making Volkswagen AG the fourth largest auto manufacturer in the world.

Volkswagen AG
38436 Wolfsburg
Germany
Phone: 495361/9-0
Fax: 495361 928282
Website: www.Volkswagen.de

How do you spell Volkswagen?

Volkswagen can be tricky to spell. We are pleased to welcome our visitors who chose to use one of the alternative spellings for Volkswagen including Volkswagon and VW.