4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY MANUFACTURER · GERMANY

Maker · Manufacturer · engine maker · Germany

Volkswagen

The Wolfsburg maker, whose four-wheel drives run from the wartime Schwimmwagen and Kommandeurswagen through the Audi-developed Iltis and the Steyr-built Transporter Syncro to the Touareg and the Amarok.

0VEHICLES IN THE REGISTRY1937FOUNDEDVEHICLE YEARSActive since 1937STATUS

History

The plant at Fallersleben — Stadt des KdF-Wagens — built 14,276 Schwimmwagen between 1941 and 1944 and about 564 Kommandeurswagen. Post-war four-wheel drives came from elsewhere in the group: Audi drew the Iltis, Steyr-Daimler-Puch at Graz converted the Transporters, Toyota built the Taro, Bratislava builds the Touareg and Ford at Silverton the second-generation Amarok.

Sources & citations

Maker record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched