Volkswagen Car Show & Vehicle History

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Eric_Herskowitz]Eric Herskowitz

Volkswagen also known as VW is the all time favorite German car. Meaning people's car this automobile is a global favorite. The car company has a rich history and started around in the 1930s. The story goes that Hitler asked Ferdinand Porsche to design a small consumer friendly car and the rest is history. Ever since that time, VW has been known to be fuel efficient, reliable and very easy to use. The classic round shape with rear mounted engine quickly caught on. VW supplied the German army with the car during the 2nd world war and many UK army personnel took the Beetle back home.

The car company was revived after the war but sales had dropped primarily because of the depression and anti German sentiments. In the 50s, sales in the USA slowly picked up and the VW regained its popularity. The car easily became the most sold in the 70s. Over the years, many changes were made to the car, but the exterior remained the same. In the 70s, the oil crises hit VW and production came to a halt. Audi took over the car and produced the Polo, Golf and Passat. This was followed by the Jetta and Cabriolet. However, by the 80s many other small cars were on the market- especially Japanese and VW struggled. The car underwent more design changes and was sold as a hatchback and coupe.

In the 90s, VW moved up replacing Audi as its competitor and released the new Beetle, Golf Mk 5, Scirocco and Corrado. In 2000, VW was finally regaining the popularity it once had but there were more cars to compete with. Newer generations of the Rabbit and Passat have done well on the American market but the cars have always been deemed to be a little more expensive for such a small car.

In 2008, VW announced the construction of an assembly plant in Tennessee to compete with the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. The company has even teamed up with Sanyo to produce a hybrid car.

However the current economic gloom has put a hold on all innovations. Last years sales of VM were abysmal and the future of this car remains uncertain.

Learn more about Volkswagen at [http://www.eurorennen.com/]http://www.eurorennen.com and sign up for the [http://www.eurorennen.com/volkswagen-car-show.php]VW Car Show

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