Volkswagen: the “people’s car”

The Volkswagen, built by German manufacturers, has long earned well-deserved popularity among a huge number of car owners. The first mentions of this brand appeared in Germany in the 1940s, when, on Hitler's orders, production of a new "people's car" was set up — that's what "Volkswagen" translates to from German.

Thanks to the engineers' constant work over the years the company has existed, countless popular models have been developed, many of which still faithfully serve their owners to this day. The new models are no less capable than the old ones and even surpass them in quality, and the market for them is huge.

Adopting leading technology drives demand

Excellent quality and a fully accessible price make Volkswagen one of the leaders in the sales market. It's sold in more than 150 countries around the world, including Russia. It's especially in demand there, since it handles Russian roads very well.

Volkswagen's engineers try to constantly bring the latest advances across various fields of car manufacturing into their models, which has let the company stay among the sales leaders for decades now. In 2007, for example, it sold more than 5 million cars.

When building Volkswagen cars for a particular country, that country's specifics and features are taken into account. Right now, for instance, Volkswagen has announced an expanded lineup of trim levels and the start of production of the Jetta sedan for Russia, which has brought its starting price down. This production is planned to launch at the GAZ (Gorky Automobile Plant) facilities.

Buying a Volkswagen

The chance to buy a Volkswagen is open to any fan of the brand — you just need to settle on a model. There's plenty of information available on each one these days, and on car owners' forums you can study reviews of any model in use. The variety of design and technical specifications lets every customer pick a car to their taste.

Some can afford to buy a brand-new car with zero mileage and extra options, while for others a used Volkswagen fits the budget. But either way, you can be confident in the quality of the purchase, proven over years and through testing.

You can buy a Volkswagen at the market, through newspaper ads or online, but there's no guarantee the car hasn't been in an accident or that it will serve its new owner for very long. There's also a chance of falling into the hands of scammers and buying a stolen car. When making such a deal, you need to carefully check the car's technical condition at a garage or bring in experienced friends to help.

An official dealer is a guarantee of a good purchase

But the soundest decision is to buy a Volkswagen from an official dealer and get a warranty along with the option of ongoing service. If a fault turns up, the dealership will identify and replace the failed part in the shortest possible time, saving the time that might otherwise have gone into having the needed part shipped from Germany on order.

Buying a Volkswagen through dealership centres guarantees a clean deal and a genuinely quality product straight from the manufacturer, with no middlemen, since these centres are authorised representatives of Volkswagen in Russia. For that same reason, the car's price will also be somewhat lower than buying through intermediaries.

The constant adoption of innovative technology, monitoring of current models, and bringing in highly qualified workers and engineering staff lets the company choose the right direction for developing production and build cars "for the people." Despite the years that have passed, it remains a truly "people's car," but at a higher technical level, which keeps driving up its sales volumes.