THE SMALL HISTORY OF VW
FACTS
Volkswagen acquired a controlling stake in SEAT in 1986, making it the first non-German marque of the company, and acquired control of Škoda in 1994, of Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti , scania, ducati and porsche.
The company's production grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and in 1965 it acquired Auto Union, which subsequently produced the first post-war Audi models.
Volkswagen launched a
new generation of front
-wheel drive vehicles in
the 1970s, including the
Passat, Polo and Golf; the
latter became its
bestseller.
Volkswagen was founded in 1937 to manufacture the car which would become known as the Beetle.