Yahoo Autos Volkswagen's 150 Millionth Car Is a Hybrid
Volkswagen just built its 150 millionth vehicle, a hybrid Golf GTE made in its Wolfsburg plant. This is VW's main factory, where 44 million vehicles have been built, but the automaker's production numbers tell a lot more about our history.
Although Volkswagen was founded on May 28, 1937, series production of the Beetle - which started out as the KdF-Wagen–only began in 1945 once the war was over and the Wolfsburg factory was completed. Within ten years, one million vehicles left the assembly line, and the Beetle went on to become one of the most successful vehicles of all time. In total, 21.5 million original Beetles were built before production ended in Mexico in 2003. The Beetle remained the world's bestselling single model until it was overtaken by the Golf in June 2002.
What's even more interesting is that the 100 millionth Volkswagen, a Touran with a 1.9-liter TDI, was built in May 2005. That means VW only needed 12 years to sell one third of its entire production since 1937.
A Golf GTE hybrid is a fitting symbol of where VW is at the moment, and where it needs to go to in order to see its 300 millionth vehicle drive off the line.
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