Model histories by make
Volkswagen.
2 researched Volkswagen histories spanning 1950 to 1983, from the Type 2 to the Golf GTI. 36 cited sources in all, with 6 claims where those sources disagree and we say so.
Type 2 (T1 Split-Screen / T2 Bay Window)
1950–1979
The Volkswagen Type 2 is the forward-control van Volkswagen built on Beetle mechanicals, traced to a sketch Dutch importer Ben Pon made on 23 April 1947 af…
Golf GTI (Mk1)
1976–1983
The Mk1 Golf GTI was not a product-plan car. It began around 1974 as an unofficial after-hours project by a small group at Wolfsburg - a test engineer, a p…
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