Volkswagen

Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡən]; /ˈvks.wæɡ.ən/) is a German automobile manufacturer heidquartered in Wolfsburg, Lawer Saxony, Germany. Volkswagen is the top-sellin an oreeginal marque o the Volkswagen Group, the biggest German automaker an the seicont lairgest automaker in the warld.

Volkswagen
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
IndustrieAutomotive
Foondit28 Mey 1937
HeidquartersWolfsburg, Germany
Area served
Warldwide
Key fowk
Herbert Diess (Chairman o the Buird o Management o the Volkswagen Passenger Cars buist)
ProductsAutomobiles
Luxury vehicles
Production ootpit
Increase6.073 million units (2016 annual report)
RevenueDecrease105.651 billion (2016 annual report)
ProfitDecrease€1.869 billion (2016 annual report)
Nummer o employees
626,715 (end of 2016)
ParentVolkswagen Group
Wabsteidwww.volkswagen.com

Volkswagen haes three cars in the top 10 leet o best-sellin caurs o aw time compiled bi the wabsteid 24/7 Wall St: the Volkswagen Golf, the Volkswagen Beetle, an the Volkswagen Passat. Wi these three caurs, Volkswagen haes the maist caurs o ony automobile manufacturer in the leet that are still bein manufactured.[1] Volkswagen ranks first in spendin the maist money o ony automaker on research an development as o 2011.[2]

Volkswagen means "fowk's caur" in German. The company's current internaitional advertisin slogan is juist "Volkswagen", referencin the name's meanin.[3][4]

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Bibliografie
  • William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (50th Anniversary Edition) (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990)

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