Volkswagen

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History of Volkswagen

Volkswagen is an auto manufacturing company ,based In Wolfsburg Germany . 'Founded in the 1936 under the rulership of Adolph hitler', "Hitler a keen automotive enthusiast" commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to design "the peoples car"known today as Volkswagen. Volkswagen remains one of the top developers and manufacturers of car components and vehicles till date. An impressive production 'output of 10.13 m units in 2014 ,( 9.73 unit in 2013) ,Volkswagen in the dominate force in the industry. The company operates and manages 119 production centres in 22 countries around the world '.

The Volkswagen group are made of 12 recognisable brands from 7 European countries . Large brands as Audi, Bugatti , Lamborghini , Ducati , Porsche SEAT,Skoda,Volkswagen commercial vehicle , Scania and MAN,these individual brands under Volkswagen group act as stand-alone companies with separate Board of directors,engineer, manufacturing facilities , and are responsible for for their own market.

Volkswagen is not limited to car development and component making , the company also offers a variety of financial services, car dealership, leasing, banking and insurance business.

Their simple slogan 'Dash Auto' which means 'the car',is a visionary statement where they aspire to build the one cars with a wow factor, that is a game changer, never ageing , environmentally friendly. The drive to be the best car manufactural has led them to produce models that are ever dear to end users. According to Autoguide ranking article ,"Golf, Beetle and Passat team up for a powerful trio of vehicle models that helps drive VW as the number two automaker in the world for 2011"

This success is not without its downturn,the auto this year has admitted a deceit with fitted device which allow an emission control to the companies advantage, this according to forbes impacted significantly on ,"The stock which was already on a downtrend this year, has further declined by...