VW owns: Bentley, Volkswagen, Skoda, Audi, Bugatti, SEAT (Spanish brand), Lamborghini, and the newly added Porsche

Subsidiary brands

1. Audi

Audi Motor Company is now a subsidiary of Volkswagen, headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany, with an annual output of about 450,000 cars. The main products include A3 series, A4 series, A series, A8 series, convertibles

and sports car series, etc. Horch, the founder of Audi Automobile Company, has been engaged in machinery manufacturing for a long time after graduating from university. It integrates theory, practice and experience. Later, Horsch finally realized his wish to design a car. In order to realize the ideal of his own original business, he went through many twists and turns and named the new company after Audi in 1910. These letters were the prefixes of the Latin name of his previous company.

The logo of Audi cars is four rings, representing the four companies before the merger. These companies were once manufacturers of bicycles, motorcycles and passenger cars. Since the company was originally formed by the merger of four companies, each ring is a symbol of one of the companies.

2. Volkswagen

On May 28, 1937, Ferdinand Porsche founded Volkswagen Development Company with the support of Mercedes-Benz. In September of the same year, it was changed to Volkswagen AG. Volkswagen is Germany's largest and youngest automobile company. It is an international group company headquartered in Walsburg.

Volks Wagenwerk in German means a car used by the public. The VW in the logo is the first letter of the full name.

The logo is composed of three "V"s made with the middle finger and the index finger, which means that Volkswagen and its products must win - win - win.

3. Bentley

Bentley founded his own car company in 1920 and began to design and manufacture the sports car he had dreamed of for many years. Bentley sports cars were a great success in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1923 to 1929.

4. Skoda

The history of Skoda can be traced back to 1894, and it is one of the five earliest car manufacturers in the world.

Skoda has nearly 20,000 employees and hundreds of domestic and foreign suppliers. On April 16, 1991, Skoda became a subsidiary of the German Volkswagen Group, and the Volkswagen Group purchased Skoda< /p>

Kodak owns 70% of the shares and the remaining 30% was acquired in 2000. Skoda has become the fourth largest company under Volkswagen after VW, AUDI and SEAT. brand.

Skoda cars have successfully entered Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America, Africa and other regions for their high cost performance, solid durability, high safety, excellent controllability and comfort, and are highly popular among consumers. Consumer favor. In addition to its market share of more than 50% in its own country, it is very popular in the German, British and Polish markets in Western Europe and has good market performance.

The Skoda Auto logo retains the winged arrow from the original trademark. This flying arrow symbolizes the company's unlimited creativity, expresses a strong desire to achieve the highest goals, and reflects a serious, responsible and meticulous attitude towards work. The outer ring is widened and the upper part is increased. "Skoda", with "Auto" added below. The background color of the logo is green, which symbolizes hope and reflects a strong awareness of environmental protection. It also symbolizes the unlimited vitality of the enterprise and indicates that this century-old factory will be rejuvenated.

5. Lamborghini

Lamborghini was founded in 1962, named after its founder Lamborghini, and became famous for its production of V12 engines. In the 1970s, the famous Bertone Design Company designed a sports car with a unique shape. The body was only 1m

high, the door was gull-wing, and the hood and the front windshield formed an overall smooth and large slope, giving it a People have a strong sense of dynamics. This kind of body is used by Lamborghini's Countache and Di Apollo, both of which are known as the fastest sports cars in the world, with speeds of up to 315km/h and 330km/h.

The logo of Lamborghini is a head full of strength, ready to launch a fierce attack on the opponent. It is said that Lamborghini himself has this kind of bullish temperament that is not to be outdone, and it also reflects the characteristics of Lamborghini's products, because the cars produced by the company are all high-power, high-speed sports sedans. The company name is omitted from the trademarks on the front and rear of the car, leaving only a stubborn cow.

6. Bugatti

The Bugatti sedan is a famous Italian car. It is the product of Ettore Bugatti. He was born in an artistic family. In addition to his profound attainments in art, In addition, he also has a deep understanding of various mechanical design technologies, so he naturally combines technology and art, so that people can't distinguish which of his works are works of art and which are technical works. This is Buga. The unique artistic style of Ti cars.

The English letters in the Bugatti trademark are Bugatti, and the upper part EB is the abbreviation of Ettore Bugatti in English pinyin. A circle of small dots around it symbolizes ball bearings, and the background color is red. .

7. Seat

Seat is the largest automobile company in Spain. It was founded in Barcelona in 1950. It is now a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG of Germany.

When Seat Automobile Company was founded, it mainly produced models of Italian Fiat Automobile Company. Its market share in Spain once reached 60%. By the 1970s, its market share dropped to 33% and it suffered losses. serious. In 1983, the German Volkswagen Company bought a majority of SEAT's shares and jointly operated SEAT Automobile Company with another joint venturer, the Spanish government, making SEAT a subsidiary of Volkswagen.

8 Needless to say, Porsche was just acquired.