Category: 70s

1970s

1979

18 JANUARY 1979 – UITENHAGE, SOUTH AFRICA – Last off production line. Beetle. NOVEMBER 1979 – ANCHIETA, BRAZIL – Volkswagen Production Record – 5,000,000.

1978

19 JANUARY 1978 – EMDEN – Last off production line. Beetle – 16,255,500 (Glory Beetle, Last Edition)

1976

15 JULY 1976 – Last off production line – Australia – 260,055. 1976 – JAKARTA – Production record. Indonesia – 10,000. DECEMBER 1976 – EMDEN – Production record. Beetle – 19,000,000.

1975

1975 – UITENHAGE – Production record. Plant South Africa – 250,000 (Lux Bug). 21 MARCH 1975 – First off production line – Nigeria 1975 – Production record – Nigeria – 1,000 15 MAY 1975...

1974

1 JULY 1974 – WOLFSBURG – Last off production line. Beetle – 11,916,519.

1973

1973 – Production record. Plant  Brazil – Fusca – 1,500,000. 24 OCTOBER 1973 – EMDEN – Production record Beetle, – 2,000,000 7 JUNE1973 – BRUSSELS – Production record. Plant – 1,000,000. 18 JULY 1973...

1972

15 FEBRUARY 1972 – WOLFSBURG – Production record. Beetle – 15,000,000. Car donated to the Smithsonian. 17 FEBRUARY 1972 – WOLFSBURG – Production record. Beetle – 15,007,034 (Weltmeister). The Beetle beats the world production...

1971

Vehicle donated to World Wildlife Fund. 5 MAY 1971 – WOLFSBURG – Production record. Beetle – 14,000,000. AUTUMN 1971 – WOLFSBURG – Production record. Volkswagen – 20,000,000 (Jubilee). 31 MARCH 1971 – EMDEN –...

1970

8 JULY 1970 – Production record. Plant – Volkswagen Brazil – 1,000,000 Volkswagen