Das?Auto was formulated by former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn in 2007. This slogan is translated into English as The?CAr, which means that Volkswagen is the representative of automobiles. Winterkorn once said confidently: Only a company like the Volkswagen Group, which can concentrate many brands and products under its umbrella, has the right to claim to master the true meaning of automobiles and become a symbol of automobiles. ”

In general, “Volkswagen” is the trademark of Volkswagen, and “Das Auto” is just an advertising slogan. In German, “Volkswagen” refers to the general public’s car, and “Das Auto” literally translates into English as “the car” which means car.

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das is a neutral article, indicating that the thing following das is inanimate, or the gender cannot be distinguished; auto means car in German! The Chinese translation of Das Auto is the way of cars, only for the public.

In addition, Das? Auto is German, and das is just a prefix indicating the part of speech, with no actual meaning. Nouns in German have a prefix indicating the part of speech, which means masculine, neuter and feminine.

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Auto means car in German. In fact, Das Auto means the same as "car" in Chinese. Das Auto is translated into English as ?The?Auto, which can be understood like this: This is a car. < /p>

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1936-1939

Hitler proposed an idea in 1936 to produce a cheap "popular car". He said that every 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, but there was only one car for every 50 people in Germany. Employees went to and from work by bicycle or by car.

Hitler ordered the production of an economical car for ordinary people for only 990 marks. He personally intervened in the design work of private enterprises. If such a cheap car could not be produced, the "Labor Front" organized by the Nazis would be responsible. On March 28, 1937, the "Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH" company was announced, and was later renamed "Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH" on September 16, 1938. Volkswagenwerk GmbH".

In 1938, Volkswagen started building a factory in Wolfsburg, which was the largest automobile factory in the world at that time. It planned to have an annual output of 1.5 million vehicles to produce the Ferdinand The new model designed by Porsche exceeds the output of Ford Motor Company, the largest company in the United States.

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