| 2008 | Golf VI
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| 2003 | Golf V
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| 2002 | One-Liter-car as Prototype
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| 1998 | Golf IV
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| 1994 | Polo III
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| 1992 | Golf TDI (Diesel-direct injection)
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| 1991 | Golf III, VR6-Motor
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| 1988 | G-charger
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| 1986 | Golf with AWD, majority shares SEAT
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| 1984 | Golf with catalyst and Lambda regulation
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| 1983 | Golf II
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| 1982 | Polo Coupe, 5 Mio Golf
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| 1983 | Production in Canada
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| 1979 | Golf-Cabrio, VW-van changed
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| 1978 | US-production
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| 1977 | Derby as Polo with notchback
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| 1976 | Golf Diesel, Golf GTI
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| 1975 | Polo as cheaper alternative to the Audi 50, Volkswagen of Nigeria
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| 1974 | Scirocco and Golf (in the USA named 'Rabbit'), cease production K 70
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| 1973 | VW Passat on the basis of the Audi 80
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| 1972 | LoadTransporter (van), 15.007.034. VW of the manufacturing belt, drawing even with the Ford-Tin-Lizzy-Record.
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| 1970 | K 70, radically changed Beetle, factory in Brussels (Belgium)
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| 1969 | Factory in Salzgitter
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| 1968 | VW 411, death Heinrich Nordhoff
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| 1967 | VW-van with divided front window is replaced.
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| 1965 | Beetle 1300 + Cabrio + Karmann, VW takes over Auto Union, Wind-tunnel, factory in Emden, 2 Mio. VW in the USA
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| 1964 | Beetle 1200 A, Volkswagen de Mexico
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| 1963 | Type 3 1500 N and 1500 S (also Karmann), 1-ton-van
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| 1962 | VW Type 3 as van-type, formula-V-racing car, 1 Mio. VW in the USA
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| 1961 | 5.000.000. VW, VW Type 3, Sedan + van-type, Karmann Coupe on type-3-Basis
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| 1960 | 4.000.000. VW, Volkswagenfactory becomes limited company.
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| 1958 | Factory in Kassel
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| 1957 | 2.000.000. VW, Karmann-Ghia Cabrio
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| 1956 | Volkswagen of South Africa founded, the factory Hannover builds VW-van.
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| 1955 | Volkswagen of America founded. 1.000.000. VW, costing 3790,- DM, Karmann Ghia Coupe
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| 1953 | 500.000. VW, foundation Volkswagenfactory founded, VW do Brasil
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| 1952 | VW-Pick-up, distribution to Great Britain and Canada
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| 1951 | VW-Bus with improved faetures and skylight, export to France and Italy
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| 1950 | Professor Porsche visits VW-factory, Beetle costs 4400,- DM. Production start VW-van (Type 2). Nordhoff introduces
customer support. Export to Norway and Finland
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| 1949 | 50.000. VW, costing 4800,- DM, Export-Version 5450,- DM. Cabrio (Karmann).
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| 1948 | Ford refuses (for no money) take-over of the VW-factory, Nordhoff becomes president of the VW-factories. Beetle
costs 5000 RM. The inflationary Reichmark is exchanged for the DM (currency exchange), Export Sweden, Switzerland, Luxembourg,
Belgium, Denmark
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| 1947 | Export to the Netherlands
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| 1946 | Sedan standard, 10.000 cars are produced.
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| 1945 | The factory is rougly down by 60% when the WW ends. The British allow and enable a small-scale production. 6000
workers build 1785 cars.
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| 1942 | An amphibious vehicle is developed.
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| 1940 | Onto the Chassis of the Volkswagen-Convertible a jeep with 1,1 liter and 18 kW (25 HP) and increased ground
clearance is developed. The VW-factory produces war-stuff besides cars. To ensure production, forced labourers are used.
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| 1939 | Structurally complete factory
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| 1938 | Porsche third time in America
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| 1938 | 5 Mark per week are in theory sufficient to receive a 'KdF'-car after five years (1000,- + 200,- insurance), all
together more than 300.000 such contracts, none of them is fulfilled, the VW-factory pays a little compensation later on
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| 1938 | National price amongst others to Professor Porsche
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| 1938 | Start with predominantly Italian unemployed, German workers at the Westwall (West-border of Germany).
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| 1938 | The Kraft durch Freude-Organisation (Power by enthusiasm) of the German working front takes
over the Volkwagen-project and changes its name. Cornerstone ceremony at Fallersleben.
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| 1938 | American specialists are recruited for German VW-factory
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| 1937 | Auto-Union Type C wins in HSA (Westbury, New York)
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| 1933 | Auto Union P Type C 6,33 Liter, 401 kW (545 HP), The Auto Union and
Mercedes Silver Arrows dominate the europian races
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| 1937 | Porsche´s 2. trip to America (Ford)
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| 1937 | 30 pre-series cars are partly being produced by Daimler-Benz in Stuttgart, including ca. 2 Mio. try-out kilometers
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| 1936 | Auto Union P Type C 382 kW (520 HP)
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| 1936 | Porsche´s 1. extended trip to America (Ford, GM, Packard a.a.)
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| 1936 | Three try-out models finished, build near Porsche´s villa, in a workshop, now in total roughly 50.000 km test drives
by the RDA.
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| 1935 | Porsche designes Auto Union P Type A/B 217/276 kW (295/375 HP)
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| 1935 | Project takes longer due to insufficient support of the RDA.
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| 1934 | Contract with the NS-government, concerning the construction of the Volkswagen 19 kW (26 HP), 650 kg in just 10
month at a price of 990,- RM(!), Reichsverband der Deutschen Automobilindustrie (association of german automobile
industry) should deliver support.
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| 1933 | Porsche asks Hitler to have Auto-Union also participate in the government funds. Result: each 1 Mio. for Daimler-
Benz and Auto-Union.
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| 1933 | Hitler assume power
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| 1933 | Small-car-project for NSU
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| 1932 | Small-car-Project for Zündapp
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| 1932 | Refusion offer of the UdSSR
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| 1932 | Volkswagen-predecessor e.g. with flat radial-engine in the rear
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| 1931 | Patent for torsion bar spring
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| 1931 | Middle-class-six-cylinder for Wanderer
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| 1931 | Own firm - design buro in Stuttgart
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| 1930 | Bankrupcty Steyr, take over by Austro-Daimler association
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| 1928 | Porsche leaves Daimler because of differences in opinion and changes to Steyr in Austria.
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| 1928 | Type-SuperSport with charger, 118/147 kW(160/200 HP)
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| 1927 | Heinrich Nordhoff succeeds his study as master of engineer and takes on a job first with BMW, later on with Opel/GM.
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| 1927 | Type-Sport with charger, 88/118 kW(120/160 HP)
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| 1926 | Type-Kurz with charger, 81/118 kW(110/160 HP)
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| 1924 | Doctor honoris causa of the Technical School Stuttgart
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| 1924 | Daimler wins the Targa Florio, with a Mercedes changed by Porsche.
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| 1923 | Porsche and Austro-Daimler main shareholder differ in opinion, Porsche changes as chief engineer to Daimler in
Stuttgart, again as successor of Paul Daimler
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| 1922 | Porsche designs 1,1-liter-light car 'Sascha' and Austro-Daimler manages with it Targa Florio, 19. overall.
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| 1917 | Doctor honoris causa of the Technical School Vienna
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| 1914 | During WW 1 until 1918 Porsche designs engines for flying and powerful, heavy army-trucks.
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| 1910 | First three positions for Austro-Daimler (Prinz-Heinrich)
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| 1909 | Silver at long-distance race Prinz-Heinrich
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| 1905 | Porsche succeeds Paul Daimler as chief-designer in the board of Austro-Daimler.
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| 1905 | Prestigious Austrian honouration Pötting-Price
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| 1903 | Ferdinand Porsche marries Aloisia Kaes
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| 1901 | Car race Paris Bordeaux
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| 1900 | The Lohner-Porsche with electrical wheel hub receives a big prize on the World Exhibition in Paris.
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| 1897 | Porsche designer at Lohner.
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| 1894 | Porsche moves to Vienna, apprenticeship (Vereinigte Elektrizitäts AG), simultaneously guset-listener at the
Technical School.
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| 1893 | Porsche visits school in Reichenberg with bad marks.
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| 1889 | Porsche starts apprenticeship as plumber
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| 1875 | Ferdinand Porsche is born in Maffersdorf
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