Volkswagen

Volkswagen
Teep	Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Industrie	Automotive
Foondit	28 Mey 1937
Heidquarters	Wolfsburg, Germany
Area served	Warldwide
Key fowk	Herbert Diess (Chairman o the Buird o Management o the Volkswagen Passenger Cars buist)
Products	Automobiles; Luxury vehicles
Production ootpit	6.073 million units (2016 annual report)
Revenue	€105.651 billion (2016 annual report)
Profit	€1.869 billion (2016 annual report)
Nummer o employees	626,715 (end of 2016)
Parent	Volkswagen Group
Wabsteid	www.volkswagen.com

Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡən]; /ˈvoʊks.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 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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Citations

↑ "Top 10 Best Selling Cars of All Time". Autoguide.com. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
↑ "VW ranks #1 in R&D spending". Autoblog.comaccessdate=2013-12-02.
↑ Rodriguez, Ashley (23 December 2015). "'Das Auto' No More – Volkswagen's new slogan is a lesson in humility". Quartz. Archived frae the original on 14 Januar 2016. Retrieved 13 Januar 2016.
↑ Cremer, Andreas (22 December 2015). "'Das Auto' no more: Volkswagen plans image offensive". Berlin. Reuters. Archived frae the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 13 Januar 2016.

Bibliografie

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

Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]

Volkswagen.com Volkswagen Cars Worldwide portal
Volkswagen Classic (in German)
Volkswagen Cars Technical Information

[1] "Top 10 Best Selling Cars of All Time". Autoguide.com. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

[2] "VW ranks #1 in R&D spending". Autoblog.comaccessdate=2013-12-02.

[3] Rodriguez, Ashley (23 December 2015). "'Das Auto' No More – Volkswagen's new slogan is a lesson in humility". Quartz. Archived frae the original on 14 Januar 2016. Retrieved 13 Januar 2016.

[4] Cremer, Andreas (22 December 2015). "'Das Auto' no more: Volkswagen plans image offensive". Berlin. Reuters. Archived frae the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 13 Januar 2016.

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