Volkswagen

Volkswagen AG or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the core of Volkswagen Group and is the world's fourth largest car producer after Toyota, GM and Ford, respectively. Porsche has announced it will increase its stake in Volkswagen, thus making Porsche the majority shareholder.

The name means 'people's car' in German. Its old German tagline is 'Aus Liebe zum Automobil', which is translated as 'Out of love for the car' - or, 'For Love of the People's Cars', as translated by VW in other languages. The new tagline is 'Volkswagen - Das Auto' or 'Volkswagen - The Car'.

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Volkswagen car timeline, North American market, 1980s-present
Type	1980s										1990s										2000s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Subcompact	Rabbit I							Fox / Fox Wagon
Compact						Golf II								Golf III						Golf IV							Rabbit V
	Jetta I					Jetta II								Jetta III						Jetta IV						Jetta V
	Dasher
Mid-size			Quantum								Passat III				Passat IV				Passat V							Passat VI
Full-size																									Phaeton
Coupé	Scirocco I		Scirocco II								Corrado																			Scirocco III
																			New Beetle
																														Passat Coupe
Convertible	Rabbit Convertible					Cabriolet										Cabrio											Eos
																								New Beetle Convertible
Van	Vanagon (Type 2 - T3)												Eurovan																	Project M
Pickup	Rabbit LX
Compact SUV																												Tiguan
Luxury SUV																									Touareg