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Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡn̩] ⓘ) [Note 1] is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by the German Labour Front under the Nazi Party , it was revitalized into the global brand it is today after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst .
These included the Volkswagen Type 2 in 1950, the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia in 1955, the Volkswagen Type 3 in 1961, the Volkswagen Type 4 in 1968, and the Volkswagen Type 181 in 1969. In 1960, upon the flotation of part of the German federal government 's stake in the company on the German stock market, its name became Volkswagenwerk ...
The German Volkswagen Group is the largest automaker in the world as of 2015. As of 2019, it has 136 production plants, and employs around 670,000 people around the world who produce a daily output of over 26,600 motor vehicles and related major components, for sale in over 150 countries. [1]
Volkswagen's chief negotiator Arne Meiswinkel said on Monday that unions and management needed to find alternative pathways to a solution for its German plants after the company rejected a ...
Volkswagen is weighing whether to close factories in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history as it moves to deepen cost cuts amid rising competition from China’s electric vehicle makers.
Volkswagen has informed employee representatives that it wants to close at least three plants in Germany, the head of the company's works council said Monday. Employee council chief Daniela ...
The Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant is the worldwide headquarters of the Volkswagen Group. [1] Situated in Wolfsburg, Germany, it is one of the largest manufacturing plants in the world, with an area of just under 6.5 million m 2 (70 million sq ft) and a building area of 1.6 million m 2 (17 million sq ft). [2] In 2015 the plant produced 815,000 cars.
Volkswagen Group has previously introduced an alphanumeric nomenclature for car platforms. The platform code is composed as follows: A letter, P, indicating a passenger car platform; A letter indicating the configuration of the engine: Q indicates a transverse engine (Quer in German) L indicates a longitudinal engine (Längs in German)