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Here's the history of volkswagen :
It was the time in Germany's economy was shot and people of germany cant get even a single car in a affordable cost. When Hitler came to power and became Chancellor, in the 1933 Berlin Auto Show he asked to create a new and affordable car for the people in germany .
At the same time, Ferdinand Porsche was designing an good looking inexpensive car. porsche met with Hitler in 1934, during the meeting Hitler asked Porsche that the car to have some of the few specifications that he wanted to see in the car. He said the car should look like a Maikaefer - a May beetle and even gave Porsche a sketch of the basic design.
In the year 1937, the Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH was created. Then Hitler opened the state-funded Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg in the year 1938, which was to produce the KdF-wagen. After a long time back Hitler met Porsche and he added an extra secret specification to Porsche's design that the car was to be able to carry 3 men, a machine gun, and ammunition.
After Germany was defeated in World War II, the British took over the Volkswagen factory and the KdF-Wagen was renamed the Beetle. The British thought to give control of the Volkswagen company to others, they firstly asked the Ford Motor Company, then the French Government, other British car manufacturers and lastly, Fiat. But All turned down this "free offer" because they thought the Beetle's design was inferior and that the company would be a money drain. So, the British gave the Volkswagen company back to the German government itself in a trust. Later, having sold more than 21 million cars, the Volkswagen Beetle would become one of the world's best selling cars ever.
The VOLKSWAGEN logo was designed only once and it was designed by Franz Xavier Reimspiess, an employee of Porsche, during an office logo design competition. Salary given ti Franz Xavier for his designing work for the VOLKSWAGEN LOGO is 100 Reichsmarks , which is $400(U.S).
Here's the history of volkswagen :
It was the time in Germany's economy was shot and people of germany cant get even a single car in a affordable cost. When Hitler came to power and became Chancellor, in the 1933 Berlin Auto Show he asked to create a new and affordable car for the people in germany .
At the same time, Ferdinand Porsche was designing an good looking inexpensive car. porsche met with Hitler in 1934, during the meeting Hitler asked Porsche that the car to have some of the few specifications that he wanted to see in the car. He said the car should look like a Maikaefer - a May beetle and even gave Porsche a sketch of the basic design.
In the year 1937, the Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH was created. Then Hitler opened the state-funded Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg in the year 1938, which was to produce the KdF-wagen. After a long time back Hitler met Porsche and he added an extra secret specification to Porsche's design that the car was to be able to carry 3 men, a machine gun, and ammunition.
After Germany was defeated in World War II, the British took over the Volkswagen factory and the KdF-Wagen was renamed the Beetle. The British thought to give control of the Volkswagen company to others, they firstly asked the Ford Motor Company, then the French Government, other British car manufacturers and lastly, Fiat. But All turned down this "free offer" because they thought the Beetle's design was inferior and that the company would be a money drain. So, the British gave the Volkswagen company back to the German government itself in a trust. Later, having sold more than 21 million cars, the Volkswagen Beetle would become one of the world's best selling cars ever.
The VOLKSWAGEN logo was designed only once and it was designed by Franz Xavier Reimspiess, an employee of Porsche, during an office logo design competition. Salary given ti Franz Xavier for his designing work for the VOLKSWAGEN LOGO is 100 Reichsmarks , which is $400(U.S).
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