Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle (1950) 1950
The definitive People's Car was revived under British and then German management after WWII. The 195…
25 hp
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
5,300 DM (1950 Germany)
MSRP Range
Volkswagen Type 2 (T1) Microbus 1950
The original Bulli — a one-box van sharing the Beetle's platform and running gear but reimagined as …
25 hp
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
5,980 DM (1950 Germany)
MSRP Range
Volkswagen Beetle (Type 1) 1967
The Volkswagen Beetle was the best-selling single car model in automotive history with over 21 milli…
40 hp
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
$1,495 (1967 US)
MSRP Range
Volkswagen Scirocco Mk1 1974
Giorgetto Giugiaro's Scirocco was the first car to use the Golf's platform, arriving six months befo…
70 hp
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
9,000 DM (1974 Germany)
MSRP Range
Volkswagen Golf GTI (Mk1) 1976
The Golf GTI created the hot hatch market. A simple formula — 110 hp fuel-injected engine, lowered s…
110 hp
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
DM 13,850 (1976 Germany)
MSRP Range
Volkswagen Golf Mk2 GTI 16v 1987
The 16-valve Golf GTI raised the hot-hatch game by adding a twin-cam cylinder head to the proven 1.8…
139 hp @ 6,100 rpm
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
25,500 DM (1987 Germany)
MSRP Range
Volkswagen Corrado VR6 1991
The Corrado VR6 combined sleek Karmann bodywork with Volkswagen's innovative narrow-angle VR6 engine…
190 hp @ 5,800 rpm
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
39,000 DM (1991 Germany)
MSRP Range
Volkswagen Phaeton V12 2002
Ferdinand Piëch's personal project was the most ambitious Volkswagen ever built — a full-size luxury…
444 hp @ 6,200 rpm
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
$98,000 (2004 US)
MSRP Range
Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk6 2009
The Mk6 Golf GTI refined the formula with a 2.0-litre turbocharged TSI direct-injection engine produ…
211 hp @ 5,300 rpm
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
£21,500 (2009 UK)
MSRP Range
Volkswagen Golf R Mk8 2024
The Mk8 Golf R remains the benchmark all-weather hot hatch, with 333 hp from its 2.0L TSI, 4MOTION A…
333 hp
Horsepower
Gasoline
Fuel Type
$43,195
MSRP Range
Volkswagen ID.4 GTX 2025
The ID.4 GTX is VW's performance electric SUV, sharing MEB platform with Skoda Enyaq and SEAT Tarrac…
335 hp
Horsepower
Electric
Fuel Type
$44,615
MSRP Range
Volkswagen — literally 'People's Car' — was conceived to put Germany on wheels, and the resulting Beetle became one of the most recognisable objects of the 20th century. The modern Volkswagen Group has grown into the world's largest automotive conglomerate, overseeing Audi, Porsche, SEAT, Skoda, Lamborghini, and Bentley. The Golf, introduced in 1974 as the Beetle's successor, remains Europe's benchmark compact car more than five decades later.