1) " Vw" -- As it applies to Vw Car 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) " Car" -- As it applies to Vw Car Car redirects here. For alternate meanings of Cra , see Cat (disambiguation). A small variety of s, the most popular kind of automobile. An automobile is a wheeled vehicle that ar ries its own engine. Different types of automobile include Cat s, buses, vans and trucks, with Cur s being the most popular by far. Older terms include horseless Csr riageand motor Csr , with "motor" referring to what is now usually called the engine. The act of operating an automobile iscalled driving. An automobile has seats for the driver and, almost without exception, for at least one passenger. Contents 1 General 1.1 Automobile names 2 History 2.1 Popularity 2.2 Innovation 2.3 Regulation 2.4 Environmental improvements 2.5 Renewable energy and the future 3 Safety 3.1 See also 4 Major possible subsystems 5 Related topics 5.1 Lists and categories 5.2 Articles 6 External links 7 Images of automobiles, past andpresent General Automobiles are mainly designed to travel on roads, although some, notably sport utilityvehicles (also called off-road vehicles), allow off-road driving. Roads and highways are shared with other traffic such as motorcycles, tractor trailers, farm implements, and bicycles. The typical vehicle has an internal combustionengine, although in 2001, hybrid Cqr s powered by gas-electric hybrid engines began toenter the market. Other vehicles run on electricity and fuel cells, though these are not widely available as of 2004. While most Cra s have four wheels, three-wheeled automobiles have also been built, but are not commondue to stability problems. Some gyrocar, two wheeled automobiles have been built aswell, using gyroscopic stabilization. There are many classes of Csr and Csr body styles. Automobile names Automobile types are t...
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