As of 2019, all Volkswagen brands: including Audi, Seat, Lamborghini, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, and Skoda (SKODA), Bentley, Bugatti, Porsche, Scania and MAN*** 12 brands.
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Development history
1936-1939 Hitler proposed an idea in 1936 to produce a cheap "popular car", he said , every German, at least every German employee, should have a car of his own, just like the United States.
At that time, there was one car for every five people in the United States, and one car for every 50 people in Germany. Employees went to and from work by bicycle or bus. Hitler ordered the production of a car for ordinary people. An economical car worth 990 marks, he personally participated in the design work conducted by engineer Porsche (Porsche).
Private enterprises could not produce such cheap cars, so the "Labor Front" organized by the Nazis took charge. On March 28, 1937, the "Gesellschaftzur VorbereitungdesDeutschenVolkswagensmbH" company was announced and subsequently established on September 16, 1938. The name was changed to "Volkswagenwerk GmbH" on the same day.
In 1938, Volkswagen began building a factory in what is now Wolfsburg. It was the world's largest automobile factory at the time, with a planned annual output of 1.5 million vehicles to produce new models designed by Ferdinand Porsche. Model, the output exceeded that of the largest Ford Motor Company in the United States. During the Second World War from 1939 to 1945, Volkswagen was used in arms production.
At that time, there were about 20,000 forced laborers and prisoners of war, and later concentration camp prisoners were forced to work here. 1945-1949 After the end of World War II, in mid-June 1945, Volkswagen was taken over by the British military government. Under the management of Major General Ivan Hirst, the Volkswagen Beetle was put into mass production.
1949-1960 On March 8, 1950, the Type 2 went into production, further expanding the company's product line. With its rich multi-functional features, the VolkswagenBus (still familiar to many people today as "VWBully") Soon there was a rush of ordering.
In 1956, an independent Transporter production base was established in Hanover, laying the seeds for today's Volkswagen commercial vehicle brand. In 1955, Volkswagen employees and dealers from Germany and abroad The dealers celebrated the production of the one millionth Beetle in Wolfsburg.
On February 17, 1972, Volkswagen broke the world record for automobile production. The Beetle surpassed the Ford Motor Company Model T (known to the public as TinLizzy) in 1908 with a record of 15,007,034 units. -The legendary record set in 1927.
In 1973, the first model of the new generation of Volkswagen, the Passat, was put into production. It used four-wheel drive and a water-cooled four-cylinder engine. The engine adjustment range reached 110bhp. The Passat adopted a modular strategic design. Standardized components can be used in many different vehicle models simultaneously, resulting in significant economies of scale.
Subsidiary brand Bugatti
Development history
Bugatti is a world-famous old sports car brand. In 1909, Italian Ettore Bugatti (Ettore Bugatti) founded the company in France. Founded Bugatti, specializing in the production of sports cars and luxury sedans.
Bugatti's products, every one of its cars can be regarded as a world-famous car. Production was stopped in 1956. When production was stopped, Bugatti produced a total of more than 7,000 cars.
In 1990, Italian industrialist Romano Artioli bought the ownership of the Bugatti trademark, rebuilt the Bugatti Automobile Company in Italy, and produced the world-famous EB110 series of super sports cars. However, due to poor management, it was closed down in 1995. Unfortunately went bankrupt.
It was acquired by the German Volkswagen Group in 1998 and is now owned by Volkswagen. The Bugatti factory was originally located in Molsheim and belonged to Alsace (Alsace). Alsace was originally a province of France. After the Franco-Prussian War, It was assigned to Prussia (the relationship between Prussia and Germany should be clear).
It wasn’t until World War I that we returned to France. In World War II, it was occupied by Germany, so Bugatti’s factory was located in France and Germany for a while.
Although its geographical location and nationality have changed (from 1909 to 1918 in Germany; from 1919 to 1956 in France; from 1991 to 1991 after the factory was rebuilt in Italy), due to the importance of its development The stages are all located in France, so we still regard it as a French brand. Bugatti did not re-establish a factory in Italy until 1991 after disappearing during World War II.
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