The new Golf
To mark its 50th anniversary year, Volkswagen launched an upgraded version of its bestselling car. This new version offers a fresh design, intuitive operation and – depending on the model – optimum comfort or an especially fun driving experience. In addition, there are a range of drive system variants, each of which combines innovation and efficiency. To give just one example: the plug-in hybrids now have electric ranges of up to 143 kilometres and are equipped with a DC rapid charging function.
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Volkswagen announces partnership with Illumination’s DESPICABLE ME 4: Joint campaign in celebration of the new movie
The mischievous Minions from Illumination’s Despicable Me 4 will now play a key part in Volkswagen’s global campaign. The carmaker is launching a series of marketing actions simultaneously in various markets as part of a global cooperation with the film. -
50 years of Golf production: Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg celebrates its bestseller
Wolfsburg and the Golf – a perfect combination for 50 years. Mass production of the first model generation began at Volkswagen’s main plant in spring 1974. This Monday, the company celebrated the anniversary with a ceremony under the motto “50 years of Golf production”. The guests gathered in Hall 12 of the Wolfsburg plant included employees from Golf production along with the brand Board of Management led by CEO Thomas Schäfer, representatives from the Group Board of Management, the Chair of the General and Group Works Council Daniela Cavallo and other leading Works Council members, as well as numerous representatives from the world of politics. Minister President Stephan Weil paid tribute to the outstanding achievements of the Volkswagen workforce and the economic significance of the Golf for the State of Lower Saxony and Germany as an industrial powerhouse. -
Green light for series production: new Golf starts rolling off assembly line at Wolfsburg plant today
Series production of the new Golf has started at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg: the first car from the technically and visually revamped eighth model generation to roll off the assembly line in Hall 12 today was a Golf Style in anemone blue metallic – almost exactly 50 years since the very first series Golf was built in Wolfsburg.
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The new Golf - World premiere
Volkswagen is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Golf. Series production of the bestseller started in Wolfsburg in March 1974. More than 37 million units have followed that first Golf to date. Purely in mathematical terms, this means that over 2,000 people around the world have opted to buy a new Golf every single day over the last 50 years. This makes the compact icon the most successful European car and the best-selling Volkswagen model of all time. Volkswagen is now presenting the latest stage in the Golf’s evolution with a world premiere, featuring a new infotainment system that has been developed from scratch and a next-generation plug-in hybrid drive. The best Golf of the last 50 years will arrive in dealerships this spring.
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The new Golf
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Kathrin Seifert
Spokesperson Golf I T-Roc I Touran | Chassis | Assistance Systems
Tel. +49 (0) 152 22992858