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With 36,315 vehicles, Volkswagen became the best-selling brand in South Africa for the first time in 1973. In 1974, the plant became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. [1] In 2011, the plant in Uitenhage was the only non-European plant, besides the subsidiary in Mexico, that exported vehicles. [3]
[18] [19] [20] The purpose of the company was to manufacture the Volkswagen car, originally referred to as the Porsche Type 60, then the Volkswagen Type 1, and commonly called the Volkswagen Beetle. [21] This vehicle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche's consulting firm, and the company was backed by the support of Adolf Hitler. [22]
Uitenhage [1] U: Africa, South Africa: Uitenhage, Eastern Cape: VW Polo/Polo GTI. VW Polo Vivo (Mk5 Polo-based)/Polo Vivo Maxx. VW Beetle VW Type 3 (1500 Sedan & Variant/ 1600TL Fastback) VW 411/412 VW Caddy VW Citi Golf VW Fox VW Golf Mk1 VW Golf Mk2 VW Golf Mk3 VW Golf Mk4 VW Golf Mk4 Variant VW Golf Mk5 VW Jetta (A2) VW Jetta (A3) VW Jetta ...
On 11 May 2022 Volkswagen confirmed the relaunch of its Scout off-road vehicle brand, this time as an EV. [74] Production is set to begin in 2026, and this relaunch will be the first time that VW creates a new brand based solely in the U.S. market. [75] In July 2022, Volkswagen noted the development of the first of their own Gigafactories. [76]
The I.D. R made its video game debut as paid downloadable content for V-Rally 4. [19] RaceRoom Racing Experience partnered with Volkswagen to feature the I.D. R in a time attack challenge on the Nürburgring Nordschleife; the competition ran from 24 April to 24 October 2019. [20] It would later be featured in the title's 21 December 2020 ...
Uitenhage (/ ˈ j uː t ən h eɪ ɡ / YOO-tən-hayg; [3] Afrikaans: [œitənˈɦɑːχə]), officially renamed Kariega, [4] is a South African town in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent.
The Volkswagen Virtus is a subcompact sedan manufactured by the German automaker Volkswagen since 2018. It is based on the Polo Mk6 with an extended wheelbase and the same Volkswagen Group MQB A0 platform , which it also closely shares with the Taigo/Nivus and T-Cross / Taigun .
The Volkswagen Group MQB platform is the company's strategy for shared modular design construction of its transverse, front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout (optional front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout) automobiles.