VW's current market penetration in America is pretty minimal. That's true, but it's not because they aren't "long established". E.g. I personally owned the 196

VW's current market penetration in America is pretty minimal. That's true, but it's not because they aren't "long established". E.g. I personally owned the 1966 version of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagon_beetle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagon_beetle so that's 50 years right there. I'm sure it goes back quite a way further than that, but, after a quick scan of that Wiki, I couldn't find the original date that imports started.