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About Volkswagen
Volkswagen car - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org: Volkswagen AG (ISIN: DE0007664005), or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the core of Volkswagen Group and is the world's fourth largest car producer after GM, Toyota and Ford, respectively. The name means "people's car" in German, in which it is pronounced [ˈfɔlksˌvaːgən].
Its German tagline is "Aus Liebe zum Automobil", which is translated as
"For the love of the car" - or, "For Love of the People's Cars", as
translated by VW in other languages, though in direct translation it
reads "Out of love for the car." Adolf Hitler, who had a keen interest in cars even though he did not drive, demanded that Ferdinand Porsche
make changes to his original 1931 design to make it more suited for the
working man. Hans Ledwinka discussed his ideas with Ferdinand Porsche
who used many Tatra
design features in the 1938 Kdf-Wagen, later known as the VW Käfer - or
Beetle. This is particularly evident when compared with the smaller T97
model which had a rear-mounted, air-cooled, flat-4 engine and rounded
body styling. Tatra immediately started legal action, but the matter
was not resolved until 1961 when Volkswagen was ordered to pay DM
3,000,000 in damages.
Changes included better fuel efficiency, reliability, ease of use,
and economically efficient repairs and parts. The intention was that
ordinary Germans would buy the car by means of a savings scheme ("Fünf
Mark die Woche musst Du sparen, willst Du im eigenen Wagen fahren" —
"Save five Marks a week, if you want to drive your own car") which around 336,000 people eventually paid into. Volkswagen honoured its savings agreements after World War II; Ford, which had a similar "coupon" savings system, reportedly did not. Prototypes of the car called the "Kdf-Wagen" (German: Kraft durch Freude = "strength through joy"), appeared from ...