URUGANDA RWA VOLKSWAGEN

Uruganda rwa Volkswagen ni uruganda rukomoka mu Budage rwashinzwe mu mwaka 1937 i Berlin bikozwe na German Labour Front yari ifite icyicaro muri Wolfsburg. Volkswagen mu cyongereza bisobanura “people’s car” bisobanura “imodoka ya rubanda”. Ibi byaje ubwo mu Budage bwo muri za 1930 abantu bangana n’ 1 kuri 50 b abadage ariwe wabashaga gutunga imodoka abandi basigaye bashobora kuba bakwigurira amapikipiki. Nyuma yuko habayeho gahunda za private projects mu byerekeye ibinyabiziga, ahagana mu 1934 nibwo Adolph Hitler wari uyoboye Ubudage yabyinjiragamo niko gutegeka ko hakubakwa imodoka z abantu ku giti cyabo zitwara abantu babiri imbere ndetse n abana 3 inyuma inyarukira ku muvuduko w ibirometero 100 ku isaha kugira ngo ashimangire gahunda ye yo gutunga ibinyabiziga ku rwego buri muturage aba afite iye modoka. Volkswagen niyo founding ikanaba umunyamuryango wa Volkswagen Group, Corporation iri ku rwego mpuzamahanga igenzura inganda zindi zikora amoko atandukanye y imodoka zirimo Audi, SEAT, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, Scania, MAN, na Škoda.

Nyuma y intambara ya kabiri y isi, uru ruganda rwari rwarasenyutse nk izindi zose zo mu Budage rwaje kwisanga ruri mu marembera aho rwabarizwaga mu gice cyari cyarahawe abongereza mucyitwaga Western Germany cyangwa se Ubudage bw Uburengerazuba. Muri iki gihe kandi bagabanyirijwe ingano y imodoka bakoraga kuburyo zageze ku gihumbi gusa bingana na 10% y izo bakoraga 1936 nabwo indi mpamvu ikaba yari ukubera ko batashoboraga kubona bimwe mu bice bigize imodoka kuko batabyikoreraga bikaba byaraturukaga muri Eastern Germany yari yarafashwe n abasoviyeti. Ford ndetse n abandi banyenganda mu by ibinyabiziga banze gushora amafaranga ndetse no kuba bagura Volkswagen yari iyobowe na Major Ivan Hirst w umwongereza. Heinrich Nordhoff wari assistant wa Hirst niwe wasigiwe uru ruganda ubwo Major Ivan Hirst yaruvagamo nuko nibwo Volkswagen yiyubatse munsi y ubuyobozi bwa Heinrich Nordhoff. Imodoka za VW zabanje kugurishwa muri Amerika na Canada muri za 1950s nabwo zikaza ari nke ariko cyane cyane ama sedans ariyo akunzwe kuko mu 1973 bari bamaze gukora imodoka miriyoni 16.

Mu mwaka wa 2018 habayeho gusohora ingano y imodoka igera muri miriyoni 10.8 bikaba ari ko byari byagenze mu mwaka wawubanjirije. Volkswagen igira amashami menshi cyane mw isi ari ayo gukora imodoka cyangwa kuziteranya. Inganda zabo tuzisanga nko muri Mexico, leta zunze ubumwe z Amerika, Slovakia, China, India, Russia, Malaysia, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal,

Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa. Kuva uru ruganda rwashingwa, ngaya amoko y imodoka agera muri za mirongo itanu (50+) rwakoze. Hari Amarok, Arteon, Beetle, Bora, Brasilia, Caddy, California, Caaravelle, Citi Golf, Clasico, Corrado, Derby, Eos, Fox, Gol, Golf, Iltis, Jetta, Karmann Ghia, Lavida, Lupo, Magotan, Multivan, Parati, Passat, Passat (North America), Passat CC, Passat Variant, Phaeton, Polo, Polo Vivo Dune, Quantum, Rabbit, Routan, SP2, Sagitar, Saveiro, Scirocco, Sharan, Suran, T-Cross, T-Roc, Teramont, Tiguan, Tuareg, Touran, Transporter, Up, Variant VII, Vento ndetse na Voyage.

MODERI ZA VW ZACURUJWE CYANE MU 2019
Rank	MODERI	IZAKOZWE
1	Tiguan	910,126
2	Polo/Virtus/Vento/Ameo	706,052
3	Golf	679,351
4	Jetta/Sagitar	610,327
5	Passat/Magotan	543,706
6	Lavida	514,698
7	Bora	345,077
8	T-Roc	328,069
9	T-Cross	274,071
10	Santana	244,132

Uru ruganda mu mwaka wa 2018 mu kwezi kwa Kamena nibwo rwatangiye imirimo yarwo yo guteranya imodoka (assembling cars) mu Rwanda, aho bateranyiriza ibice by imodoka bitandukanye bivuye hanze y u Rwanda nko muri Afrika y epfo, muri leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika ndetse no muri Argentina byose byagezwa mu Rwanda bikaba byatwara iminsi 2 kugira ngo imodoka ibe irangije guteranwa. Ishami rya Volkswagen mu Rwanda ryatangaje ko mu myaka ya mbere ruzajya rukora imodoka 1 000 mu mwaka kugira ngo rube rwahaza isoko rihari. Uru ruganda kandi ishami ry u Rwanda rukora sub-brands za VW nka Polo, Passat, Tiguan, Teramont ndetse na Amarok ndetse no mu mwaka ushize wa 2019 mu kwezi k Ukwakira 29 nibwo mu Rwanda bamuritse electric Golf car (e-Golf) aho hari ubufatanye hagati ya Volkswagen ndetse na Siemens.