Volkswagen
Description
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slogan = Das Auto |
foundation = 1937 by German Auto Association |
location_city = Wolfsburg |
location_country = Germany |
key_people = Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management |
num_employees = 324,900 (2006) |
industry = Automotive|
products = Automobile |
revenue = €104.875 billion (2006) |
net_income = €2.75 billion (2006) |
homepage = [http://www.volkswagen.com/ Volkswagen International]
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Volkswagen AG (), or VW AG, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the core of Volkswagen Group, which is the world's fourth largest car producer after GM, Toyota and Ford, respectively.
The name means "people's car" in German, in which it is . Its tagline is "Volkswagen - Das Auto" (in English "Volkswagen - The Car"). Its previous German tagline was "Aus Liebe zum Automobil", which is translated as "Out of love for the car" - or, "For Love of the Automobile", as translated by VW in other languages.