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The Volkswagen Golf (listen ⓘ) is a compact car/small family car produced by the German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen since 1974, marketed worldwide across eight generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates – including as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada (Mk1 and Mk5), and as the Volkswagen Caribe [1] in Mexico (Mk1).
The Volkswagen Golf Mk1 is the first generation of a small family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen.It was noteworthy for signalling Volkswagen's shift of its major car lines from rear-wheel drive and rear-mounted air-cooled engines to front-wheel drive with front-mounted, water-cooled engines that were often transversely-mounted.
Volkswagen FAW Engine (Dalian) Co., Ltd. 60% owned by VW (China) Investment Co., Ltd., 40% owned by FAW Car. Dalian Volkswagen Automatic Transmission [1] Asia, China: Dalian, Liaoning Province: DQ200 Dual-Clutch Transmissions, Camshafts for Audi Valvelift System (AVS) used on EA888 engine: 2007: 3,032: Volkswagen Automatic Transmission (Dalian ...
Exclusively manufactured by SAIC-Volkswagen. Lavida: 2008 2018 China MQB A1: Sister model to the Bora. Has been Volkswagen's best selling model in China and typically the best selling sedan of all brands in China. [2] Exclusively manufactured by SAIC-Volkswagen. Magotan (B8) 2005 2014 China MQB A2: The Chinese version of the Passat B8 with a ...
Volkswagen South Africa started the assembly of the Golf Mk.1 in 1978. When the Golf Mk.2 was launched in 1984, VW South Africa found themselves falling short of a demand for a small, affordable entry-level car, as the Golf Mk.2 was bigger and somewhat more expensive than its predecessor. The best viable option for VW South Africa, was to ...
The Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant was inaugurated on May 24, 2011, and initially built the US-spec Volkswagen Passat and in 2017 started production of the Volkswagen Atlas. [ 11 ] With effective from 12 December 2024, Kjell Gruner is the new Chief Executive Officer of VWoA, taking the helm from Pablo Di Si who has stepped down from the ...
In 1988, Volkswagen spent $1 billion to expand operations in Puebla, Mexico, to build Golfs and Jettas. [1] Twenty-three years after closing Westmoreland, Volkswagen inaugurated its new Chattanooga Assembly Plant [ 46 ] in a "right-to-work" state, one of 22 in the US that give workers the choice to join or not to join the dominant labor union ...
In 2007, it was announced that Volkswagen AG would take direct control over its operations in Ireland from October 2008. [8] This took effect on 10 October 2008 when the distribution business became Volkswagen Group Ireland. [9] This came about as result of the lifting of block exemption regulations in 2003.