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Split-screen (1949 - 67) - Totals may include other special models built and production at non-German plants
Year	Panelvan	Kombi	Microbus	Samba	Pickup	Ambulance	Total Production	Production For Export	U.S. Sales	U.S. Registrations
1949	6	1	1	-	-	-	8	-	-	-
1950	5662	1254	1142	-	1	-	8059	1571	2	-
1951	6049	2843	2805	269	1	36	12003	3557	50	-
1952	9353	5031	4052	1142	1606	481	21665	8055	93	10
1953	11190	5753	4086	1289	5741	358	28417	13308	75	33
1954	14550	8868	5693	1937	8562	589	40199	22207	827	271
1955	17577	11346	7957	2195	10138	694	49907	30338	3189	2021
1956	22657	16010	9726	2072	11449	586	62500	37532	6666	5233
1957	30683	23495	17197	3514	16450	644	91993	60443	18366	14721
1958	36672	21732	19499	4342	19142	486	101873	66941	24478	25268
1959	41395	25699	22943	6241	24465	710	121453	80004	32423	30159
1960	47498	30425	22504	7846	30988	658	139919	92226	34878	31377
1961	45121	25950	25410	8095	36822	883	168600	94933	23300	26555
1962	47237	28506	29898	11280	38118	728	180337	102533	32141	30170
1963	47891	40882	31196	14764	39458	675	189294	112201	38238	36865
1964	48481	44659	40115	14031	39832	829	200325	-	37239	36090
1965	43723	44331	37993	12467	37444	864	189876	-	37796	4614*
1966	43084	46284	30767	18790	36534	816	191373	-	35439	3627*
1967	-	-	-	-	-	-	162741	-	34247	3294*

Bay Window (1968 - 79) - All production figures except the totals are expressed in percent (%)
Year	Microbus	Kombi	Ambulance	Panelvan	Crew Cab	Single Cab	Total Production
1967	22.0	29.1	0.4	27.8	5.2	15.5	162741
1968	28.3	30.0	0.5	22.3	5.3	13.6	253,919
1969	26.3	31.8	0.5	22.4	6.2	12.8	273,134
1970	27.8	33.9	0.5	20.8	6.0	11.0	288,011
1971	29.9	34.7	0.6	19.1	5.9	9.8	277,503
1972	25.7	35.0	0.7	21.6	6.5	10.5	294,932
1973	23.7	35.7	0.8	23.1	6.3	10.4	289,022
1974	22.2	36.8	1.0	22.8	7.0	10.2	224,993
1975	18.2	40.0	1.1	24.7	6.9	9.1	227,087
1976	18.5	38.7	0.8	26.7	7.0	8.3	242,352
1977	23.6	34.3	0.9	24.9	7.5	8.8	208,615
1978	22.2	33.8	0.9	26.2	8.7	8.2	206,840
1979	16.5	37.2	0.7	33.1	4.6	7.9	186,870

Sales/Export Figures, 1947-1954


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