Volkswagen Models

Volkswagen introduced the performance-bred GLI variant of its compact sedan in the United States for the 1984 model year, positioning it as a practical four-door counterpart to the Golf GTI philosophy. The original ve...

This compact wagon debuted for the 2009 model year as the U.S. estate-body variant of the Jetta family, bringing a practical five-door layout to a market that had largely moved away from small wagons. It was positione...

Volkswagen used the Jetta Wagon name for a compact wagon based on the Jetta sedan, aimed at buyers who wanted Volkswagen practicality without moving up to a larger family wagon. The nameplate first appeared in the ear...

Volkswagen’s Kombi became one of the most enduring commercial icons in Brazil, where it was introduced in 1957 and remained in production until 2013. Based on the original Type 2 concept, it was valued for its simple ...

The Passat is one of Volkswagen’s longest-running nameplates and a cornerstone of the brand’s modern history. Introduced in 1973, it marked Volkswagen’s move into water-cooled, front-wheel-drive family cars and quickl...

Volkswagen’s luxury saloon was introduced as the brand’s most ambitious attempt to move into the upper premium segment. Conceived as a flagship, it was developed to showcase comfort, refinement, advanced engineering a...

This nameplate was Volkswagen’s North American branding for the B2-generation Passat/Santana family. It arrived for the 1982 model year and remained on sale through 1988, spanning a period when Volkswagen of America w...

The R32 nameplate first appeared in 2002 as Volkswagen’s flagship performance version of the Golf IV, created as a more exclusive, road-going expression of the brand’s hot-hatch engineering. The name combined the perf...

Volkswagen’s Rabbit nameplate was used in North America for the first-generation Golf, introduced here for the 1975 model year as the brand’s new front-wheel-drive compact after the Beetle era. It quickly became one o...

This Volkswagen minivan was introduced for the U.S. market as the brand’s first entry in the American minivan segment. It was developed under Volkswagen’s cooperation with Chrysler and debuted at the Chicago Auto Show...

This sporty Volkswagen coupé debuted in 1974 as a lower, more expressive two-door alternative to the brand’s mainstream family cars. Developed with Karmann and styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro, it used the same front-engi...

This compact crossover nameplate was introduced in 2021 for Latin America, where it was launched as part of Volkswagen’s SUV expansion and built at the company’s Argentine plant. A North American version followed soon...

This compact SUV nameplate was introduced by Volkswagen in 2007, following the Concept Tiguan shown in 2006. The production model arrived as a new kind of family vehicle for the brand: smaller and more car-like than a...

This nameplate was introduced for the U.S. market as a carryover version of Volkswagen’s previous-generation compact SUV, created to keep the outgoing Tiguan in showrooms after the all-new second-generation Tiguan arr...

Launched in 2002, this was Volkswagen’s first SUV and its entry into the premium full-size SUV class. It was developed as a flagship model to combine long-distance comfort with genuine off-road capability, and it quic...

The Vanagon was the North American nameplate for Volkswagen’s third-generation rear-engined van, the T3, which reached the U.S. market for model year 1980. It replaced the earlier Type 2/Transporter series and carried...