2015 Event Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen, resigns in the midst of a scandal in which the company confessed to installing software in its cars for the last 7 years in order to fool emissions test devices while violating U.S. clean air standards 1984 Event Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced 1936 Event Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen" 1875 Birthday Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor, Porsche, Volkswagen
