James Swift
October 16, 2013
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1 minute

A brief history of Volkswagen print ads

Brand Licensing Europe hits London this week (16th October) and we have a snippet from the event's keynote speech "Milestones and magic - the history of Volkswagen" by VW archivist Dr Ulrike Gutzmann.

  • 1951

    1951

  • 1956

    1956

  • 1959

    1959

  • 1960

    1960

  • 1961

    1961

  • 1961

    1961

  • 1962

    1962

  • 1963

    1963

  • 1969

    1969

  • 1974

    1974

  • 1978

    1978

  • 1998

    1998

  • 2003

    2003

  • 2009

    2009

  • 2011

    2011

  • 2013

    2013

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As part of her talk, Gutzmann has collated VW press ads going back as far as 1951 and right up to the present day. The gallery includes classics like "lemon" and "think small" and is a rather nice way to pass a few minutes, we thought.

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