Cars have been an indispensable part of our lives since the years they were invented. At the same time, the automotive industry has a large share in the country’s economy, as it has a high level of interest and a wide range of products.. One of the leading names in the automotive industry, including Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Troton, Ducati, Man Trucks and Bus and Scania. It is Volkswagen, which includes eleven brands.

Today we bring you one of the largest car manufacturers in the world. From the founding story of Volkswagen And we’re going to talk about how big of a company it is.

Founder of Volkswagen and Porsche, man of firsts: Ferdinand Porsche.

Born in 1875, Ferdinand Porsche is an Austrian-born German engineer. At a young age, he designed the first front-wheel drive car with an air-cooled engine system. many design awards known to take it. His designs were appreciated by the upper class and even Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand had one of Porsche’s first vehicles.

Ferdinand did not consider the vehicles produced in America at the time to be ergonomic at all. Wanting to create more sporty and usable designs, he tried to persuade European automakers to design a small rear-engined car that could be bought by anyone, but none of the companies accepted this idea. For this reason Decision to start your own business and founded Porsche in 1931. Although everything went well in the beginning, he could not realize his other designs because he needed financial support in the following years.

The first support came from Adolf Hitler.

In Formula One car races that took place in 1934, mid-engine, medium compression ratio vehicles designed by Ferdinand Porsche to provide great torque at low speeds dominated the race. Admire these designs Adolf H*tler wanted to make a deal with Ferdinand. After the negotiations, a contract was signed with the German government to build a prototype car. Moreover, thanks to this contract, Germany would finally be able to use the motorways it had built.

“Volkswagen” was created so that the German working class could buy a car with a monthly salary.

Following the agreement with H*tler, Volkswagen was founded in 1937, under the leadership of Ferdinand Porsche, with a National Socialist entertainment organization called “Kraft Durch Freude (Joy is Power)” to provide workers with an ergonomic, accessible and safe journey. German to him because it was made private to the public “People’s Car” It was named Volkswagen, which means Volkswagen.

Volkswagen’s first vehicle, the Beetle, also known as Vosvos, was produced.

Little did Volkswagen know in 1938 that it would become one of the best-selling cars in history. From the Beetle, the little tool that means “insect”. produced exactly 300,000 units.

Vehicles were produced, but could not be delivered to customers because the war in Germany escalated and the crisis started, so Germany’s entire focus was on the war.

During the war, production of civilian cars was halted due to Germany’s focus on the war industry, and the Volkswagen factory was used for combat vehicle production.

Volkswagen is going to increase the German combat power He put his industrial power at the disposal of the army. It produced tanks for use in warfare, land- and sea-advance vehicles, and long-range V1 and V2 guided missiles.

Moreover, Volkswagen says: “We produce technology, others implement it.” as if confirming its slogan, drawing lessons from the damaged engines that could not withstand Russia’s climate produced the world’s first air-cooled engine system.

In 1945, the Volkswagen factory was captured by the Allies.

In the process, the factory was taken over to be used for civilian car production under British rule. Ferdinand Porsche lost control of the Volkswagen factory and He was arrested in France for collaborating with H*tler.

Reorganized by Heinz Nordhoff after the end of the war in 1948, the Volkswagen Group reached its initial production capacity after 1950.

So much so that in 1953 it became West Germany’s largest car factory. Before long, Porsche also got out of jail and took over the Volkswagen factory and met the workers. restarted production. Although Ford offered to send chargers to support Volkswagen at the time, Volkswagen rejected this offer, seeing Ford as a worthless company.

Volkswagen continued Beetle production where it left off, selling 1 million units between 1950 and 1960 alone.

Although it is a brand that produces war vehicles, Volkswagen’s Beetle model supports peace in society. almost identified with the hippies. Thanks to this identification, sales also increased. Moreover, Volkswagen succeeded in involving the Audi brand in this process.

Everything went well and in the 1970s, when Beetle sales started to decline, Volkswagen acquired a 51% majority stake in SEAT on June 18, 1986.

This share, which they bought at 51%, rose to 75% in December, becoming SEAT’s largest stakeholder. In December 1990, the Volkswagen Group acquired 99.99% of the company. He announced that he is the full owner of SEAT.

In 1998, Bentley experienced its greatest growth through the integration of Bugatti and Lamborghini.

In 2012 Audi, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, bought the famous Italian brand Ducati.

The Volkswagen group has grown so much that in 2015 it produced 15% of all cars produced. This too 19 cars per minute matched the production.

Some interesting facts about Volkswagen:

• Today the Volkswagen Group Number of employees More than the armies of Austria, Croatia and Norway combined.

• Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany It is the largest factory in the world.

• Volkswagen has 3 models in the list of the 10 best-selling cars in history. This Passat, Golf and Beetle.

• Names of Volkswagen cars comes from the names of the wind.

trade wind: It means trade wind.

Jetta: It is the type of wind that blows at the troposphere level.

Scirocco: Hot and oppressive wind blows across the African deserts in the Mediterranean.

So what’s your favorite Volkswagen model?