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VW GOLFS HISTORY TIMELINE
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GOLF´S PRODUCTION STARTS
Production of the Golf begins in Wolfsburg. This compact car quickly became a bestseller. The one-millionth Golf rolls off the assembly line on October 27,1976. -
GOLF´S GROWING SUCCES
The launch of the Golf, which replaces the elderly Beetle, marks a generation change at Volkswagen. The type diversity and model variants of the new Volkswagen generation demonstrate that the Volkswagen Group intends to respond to customer wishes with greater flexibility in future. -
GOLF´S SUCCESS IN FRANCE
Volkswagen’s new model generation is especially successful in France. The positive market response to the Passat, Golf & co. and the acquisition of the Audi sales network by Volkswagen France S.A. are reflected by a 54 percent rise in sales to 55,667 vehicles. -
BREATHTAKING SUCCESS AFTER GOLF´S LAUNCH
Pause for celebration at the plant on the Mittellandkanal after the breathtaking success of the Golf launch! Less than two years after series production began, Volkswagen has marketed over five hundred thousand Golf and in this year – only 31 months after production started – the Golf tops the symbolic mark of one million vehicles. To date, Volkswagen has
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GOLF OFF TO EAST BERLIN
Volkswagenwerk AG signs a contract with the German Democratic Republic providing for the delivery of 10,000 Golfs. -
GOLF 2 PRODUCTION STARTS
Production of the Golf 1 stops in October after 6,005,635 models have been built. Volkswagen continues to establish long-term model continuity in this segment with the Golf 2 -
SOUTH AFRICA ENTERS THE PROCESS
Volkswagen of South Africa begins building the Golf 2 in October. The model’s market launch aims to strengthen the company’s competitive position on the South African passenger car market as the current financial year brings market share losses. -
PROUD DAY FOR VW
Chairman Dr. Carl H. Hahn refers to “a proud day for Volkswagen” when the ten millionth Golf leaves the assembly line on June 8. Since series production began in 1974, the successor to the Beetle has quickly become the most popular car in Germany. In Europe, the Golf has dominated new registration statistics uninterrupted for years. In 1986, the successful model is built at the Wolfsburg, Brussels, Puebla (Mexico), Uitenhage (South Africa), Westmoreland (USA) and Sarajevo (Yugoslavia)... -
EXPANSION PROCESS AT MEXICO PLANT
The Mexican plant in Puebla is expanded and modernized to produce the Golf and Jetta for the US market. By the mid-90s, the site has developed into a low-cost production location for exports to the United States which, together with Canada and Mexico, formed a free trade zone in 1994. -
10 MILLION BUILT
“Der 10-Millionen-Golf.” (“The 10 million Golf.”) -
GLOBALIZATION PROCESS OF VW GROUP
In the course of streamlining its overseas operations, the Volkswagen Group brings together its production and sales activities by combining the sites in the United States, Canada and Mexico to form the “North American Region”
(NAR). As in 1993, when the “South America/Africa Region” was formed, regional management carries out day-to-day operations, while the relevant board members are responsible for reorganization and the strategic coordination of the regions. -
GOLF 3 PRODUCTION STARTS
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GOLF 4 PRODUCTION STARTS
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GOLF´S POSSITIVE REACTION IN NORTH AMERICA
Jetta, Passat and Golf round off the attractive range of products, which receive positive reactions in Mexico, Canada and the United States, and solidify Volkswagen’s future in North America. In spite of stagnating passenger car markets in this region, Volkswagen sales increase by about 55 percent in
1998. One year later, the Volkswagen Group sells 382,328 vehicles in the United States, its best results since 1974. -
20 MILLION
Some 4,000 vehicles are produced each working day during the year 2000. -
GOLF 5 PRODUCTION STARTS
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GOLF 6 PRODUCTION STARTS
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GOLF 7 PRODUCTION STARTS
