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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]
The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, [a] is a small family car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. [ b ] One of the most iconic cars in automotive history, the Beetle is noted for its distinctive shape.
His work has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian. Krone's "Think Small" advertisement for Volkswagen was voted the No. 1 campaign of all time in Advertising Age’s 1999 The Century of Advertising issue. [2] [3] Krone was born in 1925 in Yorkville, Manhattan, which was at that time a German section.
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 ...
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 ...
With the outbreak of World War II, the factory was converted to produce military vehicles. None were sold until after the war, when the vehicle was renamed the Volkswagen (people's car). [254] (from left) Hitler; Robert Ley, head of the German Labour Front; Ferdinand Porsche, armaments manufacturer; and Hermann Göring, head of the Four Year ...
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.
Having been exported to many countries, the VW Beetle has gained an arguably unequaled reputation. [1] [2]The Volkswagen Type 1 automobile, also known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Bug, [3] is known colloquially by various names in different countries, usually local renderings of the word "beetle".