As psychedelic rock blared, Thomas Schäfer hopped onto a Huntington Beach, Calif., stage flanked by surfboards two years ago ...

Here, on the anniversary of the founding of Volkswagen on May 28, 1937, LIFE.com offers a series of photos made by Walter Sanders at the company’s famous Wolfsburg plant in 1951.

Volkswagen Microbus with Westfalia camper upgrades, rebuilt engine, and retro-modern touches, ready for road trips or parades ...

The much-anticipated new VW ID.Buzz, which is finally launching in the U.S., owes much of its appeal to the original VW's immense cultural impact. As much as it is a vehicular icon, the VW bus is ...

VW Golf R high-performance hatchback U.S. launch a least a year away Other markets get go-fast icon late this year Golf R being unveiled at Frankfurt Motor show next week Volkswagen says the high ...

In 1945, a rare and curious Volkswagen car was shipped from its bomb-damaged German factory to England. Here, a commission of leading British motor manufacturers, chaired by Sir William Rootes ...

Say goodbye to the love bug. The last original Volkswagen Beetle, the tiny car that became an icon of the flower-power generation, rolled off a Mexican assembly line yesterday. A mariachi band stru… ...

VW’s main EV factory in Zwickau currently needs more than 30 hours per vehicle, ... “The next icon in the market must be one made in Wolfsburg, VW hometown,” Diess said through Twitter.

In 1945, a rare and curious Volkswagen car was shipped from its bomb-damaged German factory to England. Here, a commission of leading British motor manufacturers, chaired by Sir William Rootes ...