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WVWVolkswagen passenger cars

Held by Volkswagen AG · registered in Germany

WMI WVW's rules place assembly in nine countries. It shares most of its model list with four other codes. Its rules start at model year 1981 and have no end year. Electrified versions appear in its rules: battery electric and hybrid.

Models in the decoding rules, by model year

  1. Cabriolet1981–1993
  2. Dasher1981
  3. Jetta1981–2027
  4. Rabbit1981–2009
  5. scirocco1981–1989
  6. Quantum1982–1988
  7. Golf1985–2021
  8. FOX1987–1993
  9. Corrado1989–1995
  10. GTI1989–2025
  11. Passat1989–2022
  12. Golf III1991–1995
  13. Cabrio1995–2002
  14. EuroVan1995–2003
  15. Beetle1998–2019
  16. Jetta Wagon2001–2006
  17. Phaeton2004–2006
  18. R322004–2008
  19. Touareg2004–2008
  20. Eos2007–2016
  21. CC2012–2018
  22. Golf R2013–2027
  23. e-Golf2015–2020
  24. Golf SportWagen2015–2020
  25. Golf GTI2016–2027
  26. Golf Alltrack2017–2020
  27. Arteon2019–2023
  28. Jetta GLI2021–2027

Where the rules place assembly

Plant countriesGermany, Mexico, United States, Brazil, Belgium, Austria, Canada, Slovakia, Portugal

Plant locations namedWolfsburg; Emden; Puebla; Chattanooga; Osnabruck; Ingolstadt; Hannover; Westmoreland; Brussel; Necharsulm; Stuttgart; Neckersulm; Graz; Zwickau and 6 more

Bodies and power

Body classesHatchback, Sedan, Convertible, Wagon, Coupe, Van, SUV

Primary fuelsGasoline, Diesel, Electric

Codes with largely the same models

These codes have no page of their own: at least half of the models in their rules also appear under WVW. The last column counts the shared models.

CodeHolderVehicle typeModel yearsShared models
9BWVolkswagen Group of America, Inc.passenger cars1987–201618 of 18
WV1Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.trucks1987–19967 of 8
WV2Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.multipurpose passenger vehicles1981–200310 of 12
WV3Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.incomplete vehicles (chassis)1998–20048 of 8

Compared with the closest code, 3VW

3VW is held by Volkswagen de Mexico SA de CV. Measured by the overlap of the two model lists, it is the code closest to WVW apart from those listed above.

Models in both28

Only under 3VWGLI, Jetta SportWagen

Model yearsWVW: 1981–open · 3VW: 1981–open

Other codes held by Volkswagen

CodeVehicle typeMakesModel yearsModels
WVGmultipurpose passenger vehiclesVolkswagen2004–open18

Volkswagen under other holders

Models named in each code's rules

  1. 1C4 FCA US LLCUnited States40
  2. 2C7 FCA Canada Inc.Canada36
  3. 2C4 FCA Canada Inc.Canada32
  4. 3C4 Chrysler de Mexico TolucaMexico32
  5. 3VW Volkswagen de Mexico SA de CVMexico30
  6. 1C6 FCA US LLCUnited States28
  7. 1C7 FCA US LLCUnited States27
  8. 2C6 FCA Canada Inc.Canada27

Source: NHTSA vPIC, October 2026 release (database updated October 17, 2026). How the figures are counted: How the catalog is read.