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The Volkswagen Type 82 Kübelwagen (listen ⓘ), or simply Kübel, [2] contractions of the original German word Kübelsitzwagen (translated: 'bucket-seat car' — but when the contractions are translated literally a back-formation of 'bucket' or 'tub'-car results), [3] is a military light utility vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche and built by Volkswagen during World War II for use by the ...
In 2008, Volkswagen became the third-largest car maker in the world, [89] and, as of 2016, Volkswagen was the second largest manufacturer worldwide. [90] In 2018 the company benefited from trade tariffs and new emission standards, with a record deliveries of 10.8 million vehicles. [91] Volkswagen Group's core markets include Germany and China. [92]
In January 1948, Hirst and Colonel Radclyffe were instrumental in assigning the former Opel production manager, Heinrich Nordhoff as the managing director of Volkswagen, who served the group for 20 years until his death in 1968, building up the plant into one of the world's leading car manufacturers. Volkswagen trademark was registered, with ...
A Schwimmwagen demonstrated in 2004. The Porsche / Volkswagen Schwimmwagen used the engine and mechanicals of the VW Type 86 four-wheel drive prototype of the Kübelwagen, also used for the Type 87 four-wheel drive 'Kübel/KDF' Command Car (Kommandeurswagen), which in turn were based on those of the civilian KDF-Wagen.
The result was the Volkswagen Type 1 and the introduction of the Volkswagen brand. Volkswagen initially slated production for the late 1930s, but the outbreak of war in 1939 meant that production was delayed until the war had ended. The car was originally called the Volkswagen Type 1 and marketed simply as the Volkswagen.
Medium off-road passenger car, older version with free spinning spare support wheels on each side. Einheits-Pkw der Wehrmacht – literally: "standard passenger motor-car of the Wehrmacht" – was Nazi Germany's plan for a new, multi-purpose fleet of all wheel drive off-road vehicles, based on just three uniform chassis, specifically designed and built for the Wehrmacht (the Nazi military).
On August 3, 1933, Adolf Hitler received Sosthenes Behn (then the CEO of ITT) and his German representative, Henry Mann, in one of his first meetings with US businessmen. [16] [17] [18] [need quotation to verify] In his book Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler, Antony C. Sutton claims that ITT subsidiaries made cash payments to SS-leader ...
The Volkswagen Type 14A (commonly known as the Hebmüller Cabriolet) is a convertible Volkswagen Type 1 produced by German coachbuilder Hebmüller and Sohn after the Second World War. With the German economy destroyed, and severe limits on industrial production imposed by the Allies ' Morgenthau Plan , the Wuppertal -based firm, like most ...