Volkswagen

Volkswagen (VW) is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the core of Volkswagen AG (VAG), one of the world's four biggest car producers.

Corporate structure

:Main article: Volkswagen Group

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Volkswagen is part of the Volkswagen group (VAG), along with:

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• Audi (the former post-WWII Auto Union/DKW)—bought from Daimler-Benz in 1964.
• NSU—bought in 1969 by Volkswagen's Audi division, a brand not used since 1977
• SEAT—majority owned since 1987
• ?koda—bought in 1991
• Bentley—bought in 1998 from Vickers along with Rolls-Royce
• Bugatti—name bought in 1998
• Lamborghini —bought in 1998

From July 1998 until December 2002 VW's Bentley division also sold cars under the Rolls-Royce name under an agreement with BMW, which had bought the rights to that name. From 2003, only BMW may make cars called Rolls-Royce.

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