Talk:Volkswagen

Volkswagen vs. VW in page titles

Is there a reason why we're using VW instead of Volkswagen in the individual model pages? I realize the redirects are all in place, but it seems that an article about the Golf should be titled Volkswagen Golf with a redirect from VW Golf instead of the other way around. Doesn't the company refer to its own models as Volkswagens? --Milkmandan 17:00, 2005 Jan 18 (UTC)

The Company refers to its own Models as VW Golf, VW Touareg, VW Phaeton. I know this company well since I live in its homeland, Germany. No one from the company (and no one not from outside) says Volkswagen Golf. This sounds really stupid in german... I'm not registered because I am a member of the German Wikipedia ([1]) (I speak both languages), and not of the english version. Greetings from Wikipedia Germany... 84.140.146.16 17:28, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Good enough for me! --Milkmandan 18:14, 2005 Jan 29 (UTC)

Advertising and music

It would be great if someone could expand on the innovative advertising the company has used over the years. In particular, some ads from the late 1990s and early 2000s have been particularly influential music-wise in the U.S., with several selections becoming very popular because of ads (probably just goes to show how crummy radio is in the U.S. right now). In particular, there was "Pink Moon" by Nick Drake and "Da Da Da" by Trio. A lot of other interesting things have been done at other times as well. —User:Mulad (talk) 04:51, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)

Adolf Beetle

A best car in the world episode on Discovery TV claimed it was Adolf Hitler personally, who facelifted the original-original VW Beetle design to the classic big-eyed form. They showed a few seconds b&w footage of the ancient one with smaller headlights and a somewhat strange looking front. How much is the classic Beetle design styled by Adolf? Had that failed painter kept competing with Pininfarina rather than Joe Stalin, the world would surely be a much better place today.