1) " Vw" -- As it applies to Vw Golfs 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 ...
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