Volkswagen Concept Cars
Volkswagen California CONCEPT
In 1988, the first California based on the VW Bus (T3) made its global debut at the Caravan Salon trade fair. Exactly 35 years and 260,000 vehicles built later, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) is once again presenting a world premiere at the......
Volkswagen ID. 2all concept
The Volkswagen brand is continuing the success story of its compact cars in the age of electric mobility and is providing a first glimpse of an all-electric Volkswagen costing less than 25,000 euros with the ID. 2all concept vehicle. Initial facts......
Volkswagen ID. GTI Concept
For decades, the GTI name has stood for Volkswagen compact sports cars. The Golf GTI, Scirocco GTi, Polo GTI, and up! GTI are all icons. Volkswagen is now catapulting the DNA of the GTI into the age of electric mobility with the new ID. GTI Concept.......
Volkswagen ID. LIFE
Volkswagen is once again speeding up the transformation to electric mobility with its ACCELERATE strategy, making sustainable mobility accessible to even more people by 2025, a whole two years earlier than originally planned, Volkswagen will launch......
Volkswagen Amarok Black Edition
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched a pair of new Amarok special editions. Available to order now, the Amarok Black Edition and Amarok Aventura Black Edition are among the most powerful and luxurious variants of the award-winning pick-up ever......
Volkswagen ID.4 Concept
The ID. CROZZ2 showcar evolves into its series production version, the ID.4 Volkswagen is forging ahead with its electric mobility strategy by providing a detailed insight into the brands first all-electric SUV during a webcast following the cancellation......
Volkswagen Amarok Arctic Circle
A one-off Volkswagen Amarok designed exclusively for life in the Arctic Circle has been revealed with a raised ride height, huge all-terrain tyres – and a cappuccino maker.The unique pick-up truck, modified by off-road specialists, Arctic Trucks,......
Volkswagen Atlas Basecamp Concept
Volkswagen of America, Inc. is pleased to introduce the Atlas Basecamp Concept, which showcases a few of the many ways that the capable Volkswagen Atlas can be enhanced for trail seekers. Featuring a custom body, lift kit, custom wheels, all-terrain......
Volkswagen I.D. Buggy Concept
Today Volkswagen introduced the next member of the ID. concept family at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show—the I.D. BUGGY. Drawing inspiration from the classic Californian dune buggies of the 60s, the ID. BUGGY shows the versatility of the modular......
Volkswagen ID. ROOMZZ Showcar
Volkswagen has presented the newest member of the ID. Family – the ID. ROOMZZ1) – at the Brand SUV Night in the run-up to Auto Shanghai. The multivariable all-rounder is a zero- emission SUV of the five-metre class which is tailored to both family......
Volkswagen ID. SPACE VIZZION Concept
The Volkswagen ID. SPACE VIZZION electric concept combines the aerodynamic design of a Gran Turismo with the spaciousness and versatility of an SUV. With an 82 kWH battery and an incredibly low drag coefficient of 0.24, the vehicle has a range of 590......
Volkswagen Type 20 Concept
Volkswagen Group of America announced a new name and expanded role for the former Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL) today, and unveiled a unique vehicle concept that combines Volkswagen heritage with futuristic technology. The new Innovation and......
Volkswagen Amarok Aventura
The Volkswagen Amarok has always been a cut above the rest when it comes to premium features, comfort and refinement. And now, thanks to the introduction of a new special edition Aventura model, customers have the opportunity to secure the keys to......
Volkswagen Amarok Dark Label
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is set to welcome buyers to the dark side this spring with the launch of an exclusive new special edition Amarok. Available to order now, the new Amarok Dark Label is priced from £33,650 (RRP excl VAT and OTR costs)......
Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport Concept
Volkswagen is about to ignite the next stage of its global SUV strategy. After recently showing the new Touareg in Europe and China, Volkswagen is now debuting a new version of the Atlas SUV at the New York International Auto Show the Atlas Cross......
Volkswagen Atlas Tanoak Concept
The Volkswagen Atlas Tanoak pickup truck concept makes its world debut today at the New York International Auto Show. Named after a species of tree that is native to the Pacific Coast in the U.S. (and grows up to 135 feet high in height), the Atlas......
Volkswagen I.D. BUZZ CARGO Concept
It is the most familiar of all transporters the Bulli. Now, with the world premiere of the new I.D. BUZZ CARGO, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is showing how an electrically powered and completely redeveloped Bulli might enrich the range of transporters.......
Volkswagen I.D. VIZZION Concept
1. Automobile of a new era The I.D. VIZZION shows the concept of a next generation Volkswagen premium class saloon.2.Time leap Virtual user operation and autonomous driving (Level 5) enable the I.D. VIZZION to make a quantum leap to the year 2030.3.Paradigm......
Volkswagen Tarok Concept
Volkswagen is today unveiling the Tarok Concept to the world at the São Paulo International Motor Show (6 to 18 November)1. The all-wheel drive all-rounder combines the progressive features of the latest generation of digitally networked SUVs with......
Volkswagen Tiguan Accessories Concept
Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) outfitted an all-new 2018 Tiguan with the latest in doggy-themed accessories, all which were on display at Wags, Wheels and Waffles, a charity event inspired by the need to find permanent homes for rescued pets. The......
Volkswagen Amarok Aventura Exclusive Concept
– Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is exhibiting two new Amarok models at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next week. The premium Amarok Aventura Exclusive concept pick-up in Turmeric Yellow Metallic offers a glimpse of a range-topping......
Volkswagen Amarok Dark Label Special Edition
– Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is exhibiting two new Amarok models at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next week. The premium Amarok Aventura Exclusive concept pick-up in Turmeric Yellow Metallic offers a glimpse of a range-topping......
Volkswagen Beetle Post Concept
This concept highlights the top Beetle R-Line trim and championship-winning BMX rider, Alise Post, who has outfitted the car with two custom GW bikes for the project. The car rides on 19-inch Mr. Drama Queen wheels from an up-and-coming company, Radi8,......
Volkswagen Golf Alltrack Country Concept
The third-generation Golf Country Special edition inspired this years Golf Alltrack Country concept. The Golf Country, which was sold only in Europe, was designed for medium-duty off-road driving and equipped with more suspension travel than a traditional......
Volkswagen Golf GTI RS Concept
Sam Dobbins, Creative Director at Vossen Wheels, is a great force within the enthusiast scene and a longtime Volkswagen owner. His Golf GTI RS Concept is a fascinating amalgamation of different car cultures with a particularly heavy Japanese influence......
Volkswagen Golf R Heritage Concept
The Golf R Heritage concept features an homage to the cars German heritage with a striking stripe package in the colors of the German flag and a white, lower rocker accent stripe pattern. Vossen has provided the wheels, starting with the VWS-1 finished......
Volkswagen I.D. BUZZ Concept
— The era of electric mobility has begun, and Volkswagen will be shaping it with the I.D. BUZZ concept presented at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. A Microbus for a new era, the electric concept forges links between the origins......
Volkswagen I.D. CROZZ Concept
- Volkswagen is developing an entirely new range of avant-garde electric vehicles. Now, Volkswagen is providing an important preview of these new frontrunners of electric mobility at Auto Shanghai 2017 (19 to 29 April). Herbert Diess, Chairman of the......
Volkswagen Jetta GLI Nardo Concept
The GLI has been a staple of the Volkswagen brand since the Mark 2 generation of the Jetta. Its something of a stealth performance car and the Nardo Concept builds on that, adding a few simple touches to make the car shine. The car is wrapped in Nardo......
Volkswagen Sedric Concept
The Volkswagen Group redefines individual mobility. The company is the first automobile manufacturer to present an integrated mobility concept for mobility of the future in road traffic, including a Concept Car developed from scratch for autonomous......
Volkswagen up! GTI Concept
With the up! GTI, Volkswagen is building a bridge that spans four decades when the first GTI was launched in the 1970s it democratised access to fast roads around the world – especially the overtaking lane of German motorways. Where large saloons......
Volkswagen Beijing Concept SUV
The concept is one of the most advanced luxury SUVs in the world Concept moves luxury SUV design to a more sporty and elegant level The vehicle further demonstrates Volkswagens continued digitilization of the automobile Digital operation a......
Volkswagen BUDD-e Concept
—Building on the momentum from the brands first appearance in 2015, Volkswagen is opening a new gateway to the future at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The time machine in this case is a zero-emissions, avant-garde van dubbed......
Volkswagen I.D. Concept
1. I.D. is the first Volkswagen in a completely new fleet of highly innovative electric vehicles.2. I.D. is immediately recognisable as a zero-emission vehicle thanks to a newly developed design DNA for electric cars.3. I.D. is driven by an......
Volkswagen Passat GT Concept
– This week at Automobility LA, Volkswagen of America, Inc. will unveil the Passat GT concept, designed by the companys North American engineering hub in Chattanooga, Tenn. Combining fresh styling updates with the powerful 280-hp VR6® engine, the Passat......
Volkswagen T-Cross Breeze Concept
1. The striking, fresh design of the T-Cross Breeze offers the first exciting look at an entirely new Volkswagen SUV.2. The T-Cross Breeze concept is an innovative SUV with the added appeal of a modern soft-top convertible.3. In the T-Cross Breeze,......
Volkswagen T-Prime Concept GTE
– Volkswagen debuted the T-Prime Concept GTE in a world premiere at Auto China 2016 in Beijing today. The concept car previews the future Volkswagen SUV. The T-Prime Concept GTE is a full-size sport utility vehicle with a plug-in hybrid powertrain......
Volkswagen Tiguan GTE Active Concept
The USA is the worlds most important SUV market in no other country does the multifaceted, all-round vehicle enjoy such an automotive feeling. Now, Volkswagen is introducing the Tiguan GTE Active Concept – a forbearer of an entirely new generation......
Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Wave
The Beetle Convertible Wave is designed to enjoy the summer, whether in the Hamptons or in Santa Monica. This particular convertible is painted in Habanero Orange Metallic, a spicy color that is offset by bright Tornado 19-inch aluminum-alloy wheels......
Volkswagen Beetle R-Line Concept
Todays Beetle differs conceptually from the New Beetle, having a lower roof and longer hood to give sportier lines, even though its silhouette features the iconic graphic of three semi-circles for the front and rear fenders and the roof. The Beetle......
Volkswagen C Coupé GTE
Volkswagen has presented the new C Coupé GTE at Auto Shanghai 2015. This four-door concept car for the Chinese market – which is over five metres in length – combines exclusivity, perfection and passion. The C Coupé GTE is powered by an innovative......
Volkswagen Golf GTE Sport Concept
— Volkswagen of America, Inc. will show the Golf GTE Sport concept for the first time in North America at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. The concept car blurs the lines between road and motorsport vehicles, because it features the drivetrain,......
Volkswagen Golf SportWagen 4Motion Concept
– Volkswagen of America, Inc. will debut a concept version of the latest SportWagen model that features a 4MOTION® all-wheel drive system and the new EA288 TD®I Clean Diesel engine at the New York Auto Show. The concept previews the all-new Golf SportWagen......
Volkswagen Multivan PanAmericana Concept
. Globetrotter Off-roader Or in this case – competitive racer The concept of the new Multivan PanAmericana not only unites diverse worlds with this vehicle these worlds can be conquered too. At the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA), the specialists......
Volkswagen Sport Coupé Concept GTE
—Volkswagen will debut the Sport Coupé Concept GTE at the 2015 Geneva International Motor Show, heralding a new and progressive Volkswagen design language. Evolution and revolution come together in the Sport Coupé Concept GTE. This concept is based......
Volkswagen Dune Concept
– The Beetle is a phenomenon, regardless of where it shows up in the world People are always happy to see this car, whether its the coupe or the Convertible. With the world premiere of the Beetle Dune at the North American International Auto Show......
Volkswagen Golf R 400 Concept
Volkswagen has released design sketches of the Golf R 400 concept car, ahead of its official unveiling at the Auto China show in Beijing on 19 April. As the name suggests, the Golf R 400 is an even more extreme concept version of the already powerful......
Volkswagen Golf R 400 Concept
— After making its global debut at the Beijing Auto Show earlier this year, Volkswagen of America is presenting the exciting Golf R 400 concept car for the first time in North America at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Developed by R GmbH, the Golf R 400......
Volkswagen GTI Roadster Concept
— At the annual GTI festival at Wörthersee, Austria, from May 28 to 31, Volkswagen will erase the boundaries between the virtual and real worlds. That is because the GTI Roadster, Vision Gran Turismo is a Golf GTI show car that was originally created......
Volkswagen Midsize Coupe Concept
Its a four-door coupé the like of which has never been seen before in this vehicle class the New Midsize Coupé concept car. Volkswagen has brought the concept car to Beijing for its world premiere at Auto China 2014. The New part goes without saying......
Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion Concept
—The Passat BlueMotion® Concept that is being presented by Volkswagen of America at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit shows just how fuel-efficient a non-hybrid, gasoline-engined mid-size sedan can be. Based on the current......
Volkswagen T-ROC Concept
ITen important facts on the world premiere of the T-ROC1. The progressive design of the front end demonstrates a new approach to compact SUVs by the Volkswagen brand.2. Cameras are at work at the front and rear, supported by LED spotlights......
Volkswagen Taigun Concept
At the Auto Expo 2014 (5–11 February) in New Delhi, Volkswagen will present an advanced version of the near-production concept of the Taigun SUV. Compared to the first conceptual design – presented in São Paulo, Brazil – the new sport utility vehicle......
Volkswagen twin up! Concept
- Volkswagen introduced the XL1, the worlds most fuel-efficient production car, to the streets in 2013. This plug-in diesel hybrid for two people is being produced in a limited volume and has a European combined fuel consumption figure of 261 mpg......
Volkswagen CrossBlue Concept
- The versatile CrossBlue SUV concept that is making its global debut at the North American International Auto Show was developed specifically for the U.S. and Canada. If it goes into production, the CrossBlue would flesh out the Volkswagen SUV lineup......
Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupé Concept
- With the debut of the CrossBlue Coupé at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, Volkswagen is giving a spectacular glimpse at the future and at a new era of SUV design. Klaus Bischoff, Head of Design for the Volkswagen Brand, says The disproportionate growth......
Volkswagen Design Vision GTI
- From May 8th through the 11th, 150,000 passionate fans turn the Austrian city of Reifnitz into a veritable Mecca for the Volkswagen GTI. One of the traditional highlights at the Wörthersee festival is a concept car thats conceived especially for......
Volkswagen Design Vision GTI
- Volkswagen of America, Inc. today showed the Design Vision GTI at the Los Angeles Auto Show. First debuted at Germanys Wörthersee festival, the brands premier enthusiast gathering, the stunning 503 horsepower, 186 mph concept shows the bandwidth......
Volkswagen e-Co-Motion Concept
. The global trend towards increasingly larger cities with 10, 15 or 20 million residents is associated with growing demands for transport solutions more and more products and goods will need to be delivered to cities and transported away from them.......
Volkswagen e-Golf
IWolfsburg, 22 August 2013 - The Volkswagen brand will be present at the 65th International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt am Main from September 12 – 22 with almost 9,000 square meters of exhibition space in Hall 3.0. The brand highlights are the......
Volkswagen Golf Estate Concept R-Line
- Just one day after the world premiere of the new Golf Estate, Volkswagen is presenting an especially sporty R-Line version of it the Golf Estate Concept R-Line. The new Golf Estate has gained quite a bit of autonomy and charisma compared to the predecessor......
Volkswagen Golf Sportsvan Concept
. Along with the world premieres of the new Golf R (all-wheel drive flagship) and the pioneering e-Golf (high-volume production car with zero tailpipe emissions), at the 65th International Motor Show in Frankfurt (10 to 22 September) Volkswagen is also......
Volkswagen XL1
IThe XL1 from Volkswagen is the most fuel-efficient production car in the world, with a fuel consumption value of 0.9 l100 km. Thanks to its plug-in hybrid system, the two-seater can also cover a distance of up to 50 km in all-electric mode and......
Volkswagen Beetle R Concept
- At Volkswagen, the letter ‘R as an added identifier promises top-notch performance. Currently, this claim is being validated with turbo pressure by the Golf R with 199 kW 270 PS of power and the Scirocco R (currently only in Europe) with 195 kW......
Volkswagen Buggy Up! Concept
. A buggy is more than just a car it is an automotive lifestyle feeling. It was born in California in the 1960s and was based on the Beetle, which provided the engine and the chassis. The rest was created by buggy pioneers such as American Bruce Meyers......
Volkswagen Cross Coupé Concept
- At the Tokyo Motor Show (3rd to 11th December) Volkswagen is showcasing its concept of an SUV of the future the Cross Coupé. Visually the all-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid vehicle shows how Volkswagen designers could envisage a crossover between a......
Volkswagen Cross Coupe TDI Concept
Research – regardless of the area of research – always aims to identify solutions that point the way to the future. In December 2011, it was the Cross Coupé – a concept vehicle from Volkswagen – which with a fuel consumption value of just 2.7 l100 km......
Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept
The name E-Bugster is a combination of E for electric, Bug, the American nickname for the Beetle, and speedster, which typically describes an open-top two-seater. Although the E-Bugster concept is clearly not a convertible, it sports the......
Volkswagen eT! Concept
- For over 60 years now, commercial vehicles from Volkswagen have maintained a visual presence on the worlds streets. They are helpers in everyday life, which bring us people goods, services, postal deliveries and occasionally emergency assistance......
Volkswagen NILS Concept
Volkswagen NILS, a single-seat electric concept vehicle that offers a glimpse of a new form of minimalist mobility, has been unveiled ahead of its public debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. This concept car - which features an aluminium space frame,......
Volkswagen Up! Azzurra Sailing Team
The up! azzurra sailing team was created by Italian designers Giorgetto Giugiaro and Walter de Silva. Giugiaro and de Silva both grew up in nautical environments. And it was in this environment that the up! azzurra sailing team was created – a prototype......
Volkswagen Bulli Concept
IWolfsburgGeneva, 28 February 2011 - The Volkswagen bus, like no other car, stands for the spirit of freedom. It debuted over 60 years ago in 1950 with a contagiously simple design. Its internal Volkswagen code name was T1 for Transporter 1. The......
Volkswagen Golf R Concept
- Volkswagen has travelled to the largest GTI Meet in the world at Wörthersee with an entire fleet of new models, concept cars and accessory highlights. After revealing the new Golf GTI Edition 35 in a world debut, the company that invented the GTI......
Volkswagen XL1 Concept
Future mobility is one of the most stimulating topics of our time. The key question here Just how much could the energy consumption of cars be reduced if all the stops were pulled out for efficiency There is now an answer to this question, and......
Volkswagen L1 Concept
- L1 Concept is driven by new high-tech TDI and E-motor- Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic body of the L1 weighs just 124 kilograms- Maximum speed 160 kmh L1 consumes just 1.38 litres diesel per 100 km- CO2 emissions reduced to a new best value......
Volkswagen Milano Taxi Concept
- Volkswagen has announced that it will launch its first production electric vehicles in 2013. Electric cars that are driven emissions-free will revolutionise mobility over the mid-term, especially in urban areas. However, Volkswagen is not just thinking......
Volkswagen New Compact Coupe Concept
For Volkswagen, this marks the beginning of an action-packed year, in which more new models will be introduced than ever before in the companys history. First on the spectacular list of new products for the 2010 calendar year is a car based on......
Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept
Volkswagen – Europes strongest automotive brand – is setting standards worldwide when it comes to efficiency with its clean high-tech TDI and TSI engines. Now this is being followed up by latest coup at the Los Angeles Auto Show (December 4 to......
Volkswagen Bluesport Concept
Volkswagen is starting the new year by presenting an automotive dream – an affordable, uncommonly economical and highly agile mid-engine roadster. Its name Concept BlueSport. Status concept. Dynamics pure. Fuel consumption an average of 42 mpg......
Volkswagen Pickup Concept
Volkswagen has revealed the fourth model in its commercial vehicle line-up with the debut at the 2008 IAA in Hanover this week of an all-new Volkswagen Pickup Concept.Aiming to set new standards in the one-tonne pickup class, the new model will go......
Volkswagen Scirocco Concept
Volkswagen is putting on a spectacular parade of new models in Geneva with a host of international product debuts. Taking centre stage will be the highlight of the show, the new Scirocco – a completely re-engineered all-round sports car. Another......
Volkswagen up! Concept
There are cars that endure for all times. They are icons of their type, masterpieces of craftsmanship and technology they put ideas into motion, make progress tangible and sometimes quite simply make everyday life better, more practical and enjoyable.......
Volkswagen GTI W12 Concept
IWolfsburg, 17 May 2007 - Daring to create something unique, leaving conventions behind and awakening passion – these have been at the heart of the GTI concept since its inception. To date, more than 1.67 million car drivers have fallen under its......
Volkswagen Tiguan Concept
- Made in Germany Concept Tiguan shows design full of power and clarity- All-around talent Concept Tiguan transfers Touareg idea to another class- Clean power Concept Tiguan has entirely new Clean TDIThe countdown for the Tiguan has begun......
Volkswagen EOS
IAA world premiere 18 months after the concept C study made its debut at the Geneva Automobile Salon, Volkswagen now presents the series version of its new convertible coupé in the form of the Eos. This is the worlds first four-seater car with a five-section......
Volkswagen R GTI Concept
Thirty years ago Volkswagen launched the GTI, the hot hatch that would revolutionize the concept of affordable and accessible high-performance motoring. Now comes the R GTI, a look forward into the future of compact car performance, making its debut......
Volkswagen Beetle Ragster
World premiere – the hottest Beetle ever Study of the New Beetle Ragster with a roof lowered by 150 millimeters Large-sized ragtop, newly designed exterior, racing car bucket seats, cargo area Wolfsburg Detroit, 9. January 2005 - Its a......
Volkswagen Concept C
Volkswagen Concept C at Geneva02 March 2004World premiere of Volkswagens cabriolet-coupé New technology in a cabriolet-coupé design study for the mid-class segmentAt the 74th Geneva Automobile Salon, Volkswagen will be showcasing its new......
Volkswagen Concept R
Design offensive Just seven days after the world premiere of the new Golf, Volkswagen presents a further facet of automobile fascination The roadster prototype concept R. Design The design, sharp in every aspect, is in the style of an animal about......
Volkswagen Concept T
Volkswagen unveils today during a press conference at the North American International Auto Show the concept T, a crossover vehicle blending a high-capability off-roader and an equally uncompromising sports car. With this automobile, Europes most successful......
Volkswagen Magellan
The concept car, named after the Portuguese navigator Magellan, has a W8 engine with a power output of 202 kW 275 bhp. It has four-wheel drive and pneumatic suspension with active hydraulic shock absorption. These technical features call to mind an......
Volkswagen Piëch 1-Liter
The worlds most economical car is being shown to shareholders attending the 42nd annual general meeting of Volkswagen AG in Hamburg. It is a 1-litre car, that is to say covers 100 kilometres on only this amount of fuel. The prototype, built in conditions......
Volkswagen Microbus Concept
I WolfsburgDetroit, 8 January 2001. Volkswagen is showing the concept car Microbus as a world premiere at the North American International Auto Show. The bus of the future was designed in the Volkswagen design studio in Simi Valley and the concept......
Volkswagen W12
Volkswagen is presenting a further highlight of its product offensive in the top segment at the 35th Tokyo Motorshow the production standard design study of the W12 Coupé with a 440 kW 600 bhp (at 7,000 rpm) 12-cylinder engine. Having been adapted......
Volkswagen New Beetle
Originally conceived as an electric car in 1993, the New Beetle started as a small-scale model captured with a photo shoot on the sunny beaches of California before being greenlit as an auto-show concept car. At the 1994 Detroit Auto Show, Volkswagen......
Volkswagen ARVW Concept
Aerodynamics play a key role in every modern vehicle. The less drag a vehicle generates when moving through the air, the less energy it consumes and the more quietly it moves.Over the years, automakers have experimented with extreme vehicle shapes......
Volkswagen EA266
One of the more innovative replacement candidates was the EA266. It was developed with assistance from Porsche and a team led by Ferdinand Piëch, the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who would later become Chairman of the Volkswagen group in 1993. The......
Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia Type 1 Concept
Not wanting to accept that Volkswagen was happy with building the Karmann Ghia without any big changes for (by then) 10 years, Karmann contracted the Carrozzeria Ghia and requested they design a successor. The designer who got the job was Giorgetto......
Volkswagen Type 3 Cabriolet
The Type 3 released in 1961 gave motorists a more upmarket alternative to the Beetle. This elegant Cabriolet prototype was built for people who wanted a convertible. The folding convertible top featured a glass rear window. Sadly, it was shelved out......
Volkswagen EA97
Reportedly the EA97 project was abandoned while workers were prepping its assembly line, and after 200 pilot cars had been assembled by hand. The development of this rear-engine two-door vehicle began in 1957. It featured a more pontoon-shaped body and......
Volkswagen EA47-12
Number 12 of 15 prototypes produced between 1953 and the end of 1956, the EA-47-12 was VWs first attempt at creating a modern successor to the Beetle. It was the first of many Beetle replacements designed by Italian automobile designer Ghia, which is......
Volkswagen EA48
Volkswagen began toying with the idea of developing a car positioned below the Beetle in terms of size, performance, and price in 1953. The result was the boxy EA48. Some call it the first City Car, an accolade bestowed upon the British Motor Corporation......