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[H2Zero]

Found something interesting so thought I should share...

"" This portion has been compiled by: phaeton

Which are the major shareholders of Volkswagen AG?

Ordinary Shares:
Porsche AG: 18.53% (based on statement in Porsche Annual Report)
State of Lower Saxony: 18.09%
Volkswagen AG (Treasury Shares): 12.97% (these shares do not carry voting rights)
Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.: 8.58% (based on a notification Volkswagen AG received on 06/10/05)
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.: 3.504% (based on a notification Volkswagen AG received on 11/10/05)

Preferred Shares:
There is no official notification of major shareholders.

This information is based on publicly available information as of 05/12/2005. An update on the shareholder structure of VOLKSWAGEN AG will be published with the next Annual Report.

Was Volkswagen made by Hitler ?
No, Volkswagen started out as a manufacturer started from the RDA (German/Reich Auto Association)
Hitler did have criteria that the car had to have a top speed of 100 MPH and it could only cost 990 Reichmarks.
Ferdinand Porsche made and designed the Type 1(Beetle).

Why didn't Volkswagen fall after WW2 ?
The British Government took control of the factory until a firm German Govermant was in place.
Under the stewardship of Colonel Charles Radclyffe and Major Ivan Hirst Volkswagenwerk secured a 20,000 unit order that made the company viable again.

What Auto Companies does Volkswagen AG Own ?
Audi - Auto Union an old German Auto Empire which comprises of Audi,DKW,Horch and Wanderer was bought in 1965, the only company still active is Audi.

NSU an old German Auto manufacturer was bought in 1969, its engineering highlight being the Rotary engine.

SEAT a Spanish Auto manufacturer was bought in 1986, it use to clone FIAT models for the Spanish market.

Skoda Auto a Czech Republic manufacturer was bought in 1990 it is one of the oldest carmakers in the world.

Bentley a British Auto manufacturer which built Luxury cars for Europes royals in the Early 20th Century it was bought in 1998 its signature is the Craftsmanship and Power.

Bugatti an old French Auto manufacturer which built luxury car for Europes royals in the Early 20th Century it was bought in 1998.

Lamborghini is a Italian Manufacturer which builds high performance supercars it was bought in 1998.

Does Volkswagen AG own any other Companies ?
VWAG have there own Finance and Bank, a Car Rental firm called Europcar and a Marine company called Volkswagen Marine which builds engines for all types of Marine vehicles.

Who designed Volkswagens Logo ?
The actual inventor of the VW emblem should however be viewed as Franz Xaver Reimspiess, whose original design had already been submitted in a trademark application from 1938. A more developed emblem which showed the letters in a so-called Strahlenkranz (radiant garland) was, according to Walter, displayed on wheel caps at the Berlin Auto Show in April 1939.
excerpt taken from http://www.thesamba.com/vw/for...51895

 

[H2Zero]

More things to share...

This portion has been compiled by: phaeton
Volkswagen Motorsport History

In 1966 Volkswagen left the racing starting grid when Formula Vee - circuit racing with cars built from easily available VW Beetle parts - took off in Europe. It proved very popular as a low-cost route into formula racing.

In 1971 Volkswagen moved on to the more powerful Formula Super V, which became famous for hothousing new talent. In the 11 years it ran, until 1982, it produced a stable of world-famous Formula I drivers - names like Niki Lauda, Jochen Mass, Nelson Piquet, Jochen Rindt and Keke Rosberg. Volkswagen also notched up several victories and the championship in Formula 3.

In 1976 Volkswagen enter the under 2000cc Trans Am series with the Scirocco & they won the series outright.

In 1981, now based in Hanover and renamed Volkswagen Motorsport, VW racing took a new direction into rallying. With the launch of the first generation Golf, the sports department masterminded the development of rally cars. At home and abroad, the Golf GTI, in the capable hands of Sweden's Per Eklund, Frenchman, Jean-Luc Therier and the Finn, Pentii Airikkala, took the racing world by storm. VW's 20th anniversary in motor racing in 1986 was a double celebration when Sweden's Kenneth Eriksson won Volkswagen Motorsport the title of Group A world rally champions.

From 1997 the company was a big name in national rallying in the UK, taking the British Rally Championship crown with the Golf GTI, and again, two years later with the Golf GTI MkIV. The final chapters in Volkswagen Racing UK's rallying success story were the 'one-make' Castrol Polo Challenge, and the thrilling Polo GTI 'Super 1600' in 2001.

In 2000 Volkswagen starts a one make racing cup with the newly released to Europe New Beetle called the ADAC New Beetle Cup this takes over the ADAC Lupo Cup which was racing since 1998.

In 2001 the department was renamed Volkswagen Racing and since then has concentrated all its efforts on developing its circuit racing championship, the Volkswagen Racing Cup.

In 2003 VW replace the ADAC New Beetle Cup with the newly released Polo to become the ADAC Polo Cup.

In 2004 VW Commercial vehicles enter the European Truck racing series with the Titan series truck it became Back to Back champion for the 2004 & 2005 series.

The Dakar

In 1980 Volkswagen competed in the Paris to Dakar Rally with the Audi developed Iltis, It came 1st 3rd 4th & 9th overall.

In 2003 Volkswagen enters the Dakar once more to reclaim 1st spot and help promote the Touareg.

Volkswagen enlists the great Dakar Champion Jutta Kleinschmidt the 1st female to win the Dakar in 2001 with a Mitsubishi to help design and compete a Dakar Racer.

The 1st entry from the Wolfsburg based team is a FWD buggy named Tarek it placed 6th outright but took 1st in the 2WD & Diesel class.

In 2004 VW enters the newly developed Race-Touareg T2 which is similar to the Mitsubishi Pajero Evo Racers.
The Race Touareg finishs 6th overall & 2nd in Diesel class.

In 2005 a updated Race-Touareg T2 with slightly more horsepower is entered, this Race-Touareg with driver Bruno Saby finishs in 3rd overall & 1st in the Diesel class.

In 2006 Volkswagen releases it most powerful Race-Touareg yet the Race-Touareg 2.
VW races 5 of these with driver Giniel de Villers finishing in 2nd place overall & 1st in the Diesel class.

Volkswagen Racing all around the World

In China Volkswagen in the Rally scene raced Shanghai-VW Santana & VW Polo and a FAW-VW Jetta, the Polo Cup was even a support to the 1st Shanghai Grand Prix in 2005.

In South Africa Volkswagen in the Rally scene raced Polo,Polo Playa,Citi Golf & Golf.
In the circuit scene VW raced the early 1990's Polo Derby/Classic sedan also VW now support the A1 racing series with a A3 vehicle powered by VW.
There is also a GTI engined F3 style racing series there to.

In France a French based Volkswagen team entered the 2000 & 2001 Le Mans series with there 2.0 Turbo racer which produced around 356kW/485hp.

In Brazil VW raced all the generations of Gol also the 1980's Voyage & the VW Caminhoes(Trucks) in rally.
In circuit racing VW raced the Gol and the Hillmann Avenger rebadged to 1500 also the Trucks were raced as well.

In Australia VW has a very close relationship with Motorsport it was the RedEx and Mobil Trials of the 1950's that propelled VW to be a sales success.
In 1999 & 2000 VW won the F2 Australian Rally Championship with the Golf GTI.
In 2001 & 2002 VW raced the New Beetle RSI in the GT Performance series, it was close to the top of the board both seasons.
In 2003 VW Aust. was the 1st to race and develop the R32 Golf in the 2004 GT Performance series it come 2nd overall.

In Japan VW started a Golf GTI racing series for the newly released MkV Golf in 2005.

In Poland VW races the 2005 Golf V TDI in its own Cup.

Information contains excerpts from Volkswagen Racing UK's website.

Listed below is a accumulation of VW Motorsport Power outputs.

Volkswagen Racing Vehicle Specifications
Rally Cars
2006 Race-Touareg T2 spec 2.5 TDI 275hp/202kW
2005 Race-Touareg T2 spec 2.5 TDI 260hp/191kW
2004 Race-Touareg T2 spec 2.3 TDI 231hp/170kW
2003 Tarek 1.9 TDI 218hp/160kW
2005 Fox A6 class spec 155hp/114kW
2003 Gol Mk 2.5 N2 class spec 108hp/79kW @ 7100 rpm
2003 Gol Mk 2.5 A6 class spec 158hp/116kW @ 5900 rpm
2002 Polo 9N Super 1600 215hp/158kW @ 8750rpm
2000 Golf Mk 4 GTI Kit Car Aust. F2 class 269hp/198kw 8250rpm
2000 Polo 6N 1.4 16V Polo Challenge Group N spec 112hp/82kW @ 6800rpm
2000 Polo 6N 1.6 GTI Polo Challenge Group N spec 133hp/97kW
2000 Polo 6N 1.6 GTI Polo Challenge Group N spec 200hp/147kW
1999 Golf Mk 3 GTI 2.0 16V Kit Car Aust. F2 class spec 260hp/191kW
1987 Golf Mk 2 1.8 Pikes Peak Racer 326hp/240kW

Circuit Racing and Record Breakers
2005 Golf Mk 5 2.0 TDI VW Castrol Cup 185hp/136kW
2004 Titan V12 Diesel Super Truck Racer 1300hp/956kW @ 2400 rpm
2004 Polo 9N Polo Cup 150hp/110kW @ 6000rpm
2004 Caddy TDI VW Racing Cup UK 231hp/170kW
2004 Polo 9N VW Racing Cup UK 165hp/121kW
2004 Polo TDI 9N VW Racing Cup UK 150hp/110kW
2002 W12 24HR Record Breaker 600hp/440kW @ 5800-6200 rpm
2000 New Beetle Mk 1 New Beetle Cup 225hp/165kW
2000 ROC-VW Le Mans Racer 2.0T 16V 485hp/356kW @ 7000rpm
1998 Lupo Mk 1 Lupo 1.4 16V Lupo Cup 112hp/82kW
1990-94 Polo G40 Mk 2.75 Polo Cup 113hp/84kW
1985 Polo G40 Mk 2.75 24HR Record Breaker 129hp/94kW @6000rpm
1975 Scirocco Trans-Am 1976 Champion 170hp/125kW

 

[H2Zero]

Quote, originally posted by Grandprix.com »

Has anyone noticed Volkswagen's sponsorships?
Red Bull Racing is due to use Ferrari V8 engines in 2007 and Scuderia Toro Rosso will presumably switch over to Cosworth V8s, the two Red Bull teams will not go on leading separate lives forever, particularly when the rules for 2008 will allow them to share chassis and engines. The big question that everyone is asking is which engines the team will use when that happens. There are some who believe that Red Bull will buy Cosworth Racing but it is also worth noting the developing relationship between Red Bull and the Volkswagen group. Red Bull is backing the VW Tuaregs in Rally Raids, Skoda in the World Rally Championship, Seat in the World Touring Car Championship and Audi in DTM. There is clearly a policy for the two companies to work together and ultimately it may be that Audi will come to F1 with Red Bull when the company restructuring is further along its path. The company is cutting 20,000 jobs over the next three years as well as trimming production capacity and reorganizing its component supplies but strong unions mean that further reduction is going to be tough and so the best way to improve the figures is sell more high-margin luxury cars. The company is currently making money with Audi and with its Czech brand Skoda (which has lower labour costs) but is losing money with the VW and Seat brands.

At the moment Audi is busy trying to win the Le Mans 24 Hours with a diesel engine. The engine division at Audi Sport is headed by engineer Ulrich Baretzky, a BMW-trained engineer who worked for BMW Motorsport between 1982 and 1986, ending up as the Project Leader in F1. He has been head of race engine design at Audi since 1993. His team of engineers have been very successful in all the formulae that they have entered and are quite capable of producing F1 engines if the budget is available.




The partnership between Red Bull & VAG in an F1 effort is definitely an interesting idea. F1 would be a great avenue for Audi to showcase its technical innovations, particularly in regards to their TDI engines. They've had great success this season in LeMans racing, and F1 would arguably give Audi a much greater worldwide audience exposure.

Has anyone else heard or read anything else about VAG or Audi fielding an F1 team?

 

[H2Zero]

Hey fellow Drivers .... NO action or updates... ??? No GTG or TT? No Photo Shoot?

 

[H2Zero]

Latest Updates - Wolfsburg/Hanover, 19 May 2006 - The Volkswagen Group has won a major order from Porsche AG. The Volkswagen plant in Hanover will produce the painted bodies for Porsche’s new “Panamera” sports coupé to be launched in 2009, and deliver them to Porsche’s plant in Leipzig.

Dr. Bernd Wiedemann, Spokesman for the Board of Management of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, commented: “The order from Porsche shows we have made significant progress towards more competitiveness. Our efforts are taking us in the right direction. Productivity, flexibility and quality were the decisive factors in securing this order for our Hanover operations.” He underlined that the decision would bring long-term security for some 500 jobs in Hanover.

Wiedemann added that the decision in favor of Hanover was good news for the plant. “The model diversity of our T5 demonstrates we have high production flexibility. Our large suction press can produce parts up to five meters in length, and our paint shop can apply 24 different standard colors and some 130 special color combinations.”

President and CEO of Porsche AG, Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking, said: “We examined several offers very closely before taking our decision. The VW plant in Hanover not only impressed us with its range of services, but above all with its high flexibility and broad production know-how. We are therefore convinced this plant will supply us with bodies that meet our premium quality specifications.”

The Committee for Business Relations with Shareholders, which has been set up by the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG, has taken note of the planned cooperation between Volkswagen and Porsche.

 

[H2Zero]

Fellow Dubbers Have you all got anything to share.. NO TT sessions? No gatherings? What about BUG FEAST ... will there be 1 this year?

 

[H2Zero]

hey anyone care to teach me how to post pictures here...?

Thanks.

 

[Kookaburra]

Just installed the OMP lowering springs and OMP rear strut bar. I also bought the OMP front strut bar but need minor modication to fit that in.

Guys, this year is the 30th anniversary of the Golf GTi! I have it from reliable source that VW Malaysia is planning something, but nothing concrete yet. It would be a great sight to see all the GTi from Mk1 to Mk5 on the road together!

 

[H2Zero]

when will the event be?

Did u get the OMP stuff from M'sia...?

 

[Kookaburra]

when will the event be?

The date is not decided yet. But hopefully we will get plenty of advance notice so that we can do up our cars nicely :-)

Did u get the OMP stuff from M'sia...?

Yes, got them from the local OMP dealer. :_:

 

[xtracooljustin]

i wan a ride in da yellow Kookabura

 

[H2Zero]

not bad... at least they are some stockist for our cars... SO kookabura when did u change to Yellow?

 

[HKS-GT2835R]

Just installed the OMP lowering springs and OMP rear strut bar. I also bought the OMP front strut bar but need minor modication to fit that in.

how much that costs you?
how's the ride height now?

 

[Kookaburra]

hahaha, xtracoolj, you can ride in the yellow kookaburra when it wakes up. Now it's in hibernation mode :cyclops:

Oh, the yellow kookaburra is not the golf GTi, it's another car......the GTi is still grey. It's with Ah Wai in Subang now. He told me someone asked if my car is for sale :p

The OMP spring costs me RM680, I think. Everything is RM1400 (springs, front & rear strut bars). I have not taken any pictures yet, will take some and post it here. The springs are supposed to lower by 40mm. eoj says the ride height looks nice :regular_smile:

 

[mike2662gti]

Hi Guys,

Have finally decided to give up my beloved MK11...too many cars and not enough drivers..PM me if anyone is interested.

 

[Kookaburra]

Hi Guys,

Have finally decided to give up my beloved MK11...too many cars and not enough drivers..PM me if anyone is interested.

hahaha, i am also in the process of letting go some of my cars. Alfasud and BMW E30 will be up for sale soon, I love the Mk2, still got a lot of mods to go into the car!

 

[H2Zero]

Kookaburra thats quite a respectable stable...

 

[H2Zero]

A little Update from Wolfburg..

Wolfsburg, 21 July 2006 - Volkswagen will call its new compact SUV Tiguan. Not only the vehicle, but also the decision on the name is a brave journey into new terrain: the name was chosen by the readers of the AutoBild group. More than 350,000 votes were made from ten countries. The clear winner was Tiguan. The Touareg's little brother is to be produced in Wolfsburg and will be launched in 2008.

Dr Wolfgang Bernhard, the chairman of the board of management for the Volkswagen brand said, "This unique event is demonstrative of how Volkswagen is opening up: we made a clear appeal to the market - potential buyers could help choose the name Tiguan. The positive reaction shows that this is the right approach."

The name Tiguan was developed by Volkswagen Marketing along with four other alternatives Nanuk, Namib, Rockton and Samun. The readers of the AutoBild group selected their favourite from these five potential names. The response was astonishing: more than 350,000 readers voted. A clear majority voted for Tiguan.

The Tiguan represents the transfer of the globally successful Touareg philosophy to the class of the compact SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle), a segment which has grown considerably in the last few years. Travel, adventure and excitement are associated with the exotic sounding name. That suits the bill perfectly: thanks to its concept based on driving dynamics and high comfort levels, the Tiguan is suited to urban environments as well as rough terrain far from normal roads and thus provides the driver with absolute freedom. A first glimpse of the new Volkswagen SUV was provided by the off-road design study Concept A at the beginning of 2006.

 

[Tohsan]

hello all the VW Golf Taiko

I m looking for a used VW Golf with 4 doors, I m absolutely no idea about this car,just think its a cool car, so any suggestion?

 

[H2Zero]

which generation?