Germany / global / 1974–2019
Golf: production history and market boundaries
Read dates in context: an announcement, a scheduled sales date and a production period describe different events. The evidence below identifies which one applies.
Wolfsburg production
Volkswagen dates the start of Golf series production at Wolfsburg to 29 March 1974. This is a factory production event in Germany, and does not establish a Japan launch or Japan production date.
Source and scope
Manufacturer source ↗ · DE / global production · Golf I Wolfsburg start
retained text line 428, first sentence. Checked 6 October 2026. Source date: 2024-03-29 (release header).
Golf VII production
Volkswagen’s retrospective says Golf VII cars were produced up to 2019. This statement concerns the compact generation in its global history; it does not settle Japan deliveries or the Variant estate’s end date.
Source and scope
Manufacturer source ↗ · global compact generation · Golf VII retrospective
retained text line 442, final sentence; compact generation context. Checked 6 October 2026. Source date: 2024-03-29 (release header).
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