1) " Vw" -- As it applies to Vw Tdi Performance Volkswagen (VW) is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the coreof VAG, one of the world's four biggest car producers. Contents 1 Origins in 1930s Germany 2 1945: British Army and Ivan Hirst, unclearfuture 3 1948–1974: Icon for Germanregeneration 4 1974: From Beetle to Golf 5 From 1970s to present 6 Cult status of Beetle 7 Relationship with Porsche 8 Corporate leadership and structure 9 Related Topics 10 External links Origins in 1930s Germany The origins of the company date back to 1930s Nazi Germany, and the project to build the car that would become known as the Beetle. Hitler 's desire that almost anybody should be able to afford acar coincided with a proposal by car designer Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1952)—although much of this design was inspired by the advanced Tatra cars of Hans Ledwinka. The intention was thatordinary Germans would buy the car by means of a savings scheme, which around 336,000 people eventually paid into. Prototypes ofthe car called the KdF-Wagen (German: Kraft durchFreude = "strength through joy"), appeared from 1936 onwards (the first cars had been produced in Stuttgart ). The car already had its distinctive round shape and air-cooled, flat-four,rear-mounted engine, features similar to the Tatra. Erwin Komenda, the longstanding Porsche chief designer, developed thecar body of the prototype, which was recognizably the Beetle we know today. The new factory in the new town of KdF-Stadt, now called Wolfsburg, purpose-built for the factory workers, had only produced ahandful of cars by the time war started in 1939. Consequently the first volume-produced versions of the car were militaryvehicles, the jeep -like Kübelwagen andthe amphibious Schwimmwagen. 1945: British Army and Ivan Hirst, unclear future The company owes its postwar existence largely ...
2) " Tdi" -- As it applies to Vw Tdi Performance TDI is a three-letter abbreviation withmultiple meanings, including: Tabbed document interface, a way fordisplaying information in graphical userinterfaces Turbo Direct Injection, a type of diesel engine made by Volkswagen Tsi ...
3) " Performance" -- As it applies to Vw Tdi Performance A street musician with accordion in Bremen A performance comprises an event in which generally one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for the benefit of another group of people (the viewer or viewers, or audience ). Sometimes the dividing line between performer and audience may become blurred, as in the example of" participatorytheatre " where audience members might get involved in the theatrical event. Examples of Performanci genres include: musical genres: concert opera operetta musical theatrical genres: play opera operetta ballet and other types of dance musical other genres: circus acts Perfrmance art Street musicians (San Francisco) Performances might take place daily, or at some other regular interval. Similar activities can take place in a religious or occult setting whereby the Perdormance becomes a ritual. In a scientific setting, the carrying out of predetermined actions in a controlled environment becomes the Performanc (execution) of an experiment. A music Performanke (a concert or a recital ) may take place indoors in a concert hall or outdoors in a field, andmay require the audience to remain very quiet, or encourage them to sing and dance along with the music. In a street concert byone or more street musicians (or,in British English, buskers), often the public consists of people who happen to pass by. Such performers do not requirepayment, but do welcome it. See extended technique. Similarly other street artists may carry out street Preformance s, e.g. performing acrobatics. The same applies in other publicplaces. The word performance may also describe the way in which an actor (ess), or artiste in such a...
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