It is the world's third largest automobile manufacturer. The company is headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Volkswagen was originally founded in 1937 by the Nazi trade union, the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront). In the early 1930s German auto industry was still largely composed of luxury models, and the average German rarely could afford anything more than a motorcycle. Seeking a potential new market, some car makers began independent "peoples' car" projects – Mercedes' 170H, Adler's AutoBahn, Steyr 55, Hanomag 1,3L, among others. Volkswagen is a publicly traded company issued ordinary shares and preferred shares. The ownership structure is complex. The Porsche Automobil Holding is owned by the Porsche family, the Emirate of Qatar, 49.9% are owned by the Volkswagen AG. 
The Porsche GmbH was sold to the Volkswagen AG. The operations of Volkswagen, it has become a large international corporation from where it started and expanded to different worldwide markets and countries.
Cars
Volkswagen sells a number of cars under its brand including sedans, MPVs, trucks, SUVs, and coupes. Their product range extends from the supermini Polo, to compact Golf, to mid-size Jetta and Passat, and full-size Phaeton. SUVs include the Tiguan and Touareg. Moreover, Volkswagen has produced various models including: Caddy, Eos, Fox, Gol, Golf, GTI, Jetta, Multivan, New Beetle, Passat, Passat C, Phaeton, Polo, Sharan, Scirocco, Tiguan, Touareg, Touran. Volkswagen has been selling low sulphur diesel-powered engines for the European market since 2003. VW developed Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) technology for diesel engines, and it offers a wide ar
ray of TDI power trains. Volkswagen is also developing hybrid technology for diesel-electric. A VW Golf turbo-diesel hybrid concept car, which has a fuel economy of 70 mpg (3.3 litres per 100 km). Volkswagen of America Inc. promotes its work in developing "clean diesel" and other fuel-efficient technologies. One of the vehicles being promoted is the 2009 clean-diesel Jetta TDI, which has a 16-valve, four-cylinder common rail direct injection engine, which reduces emissions by 90 percent. V
olkswagen do Brasil produced and sold neat ethanol vehicles (E100 only) in Brazil. As a response to the 1973 oil crisis, the Brazilian government began promoting bioethanol as a fuel, and the National Alcohol Program -Pró-Álcool- (Portuguese: Programa Nacional do Álcool) was launched in 1975. 
The 2003 VW Gol 1.6 Total Flex was the first full flexible-fuel vehicle launched in Brazil, capable of running on any blend of gasoline and ethanol (E100). The two-door E-Up! electric car concept was debuted at the 63rd Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009. The 3.19 meters (10 ft 6 in) long all-electric E-Up! is anticipated for production start in 2013, and uses a 3+1 seating configuration. 
It uses a 60 kilowatts (82 PS; 80 bhp) all-integrated drive electric motor, (continuously rated at 40 kilowatts (54 PS; 54 bhp)) mounted at the front and driving the front wheels. Volkswagen and Sanyo have teamed up to develop a battery system for hybrid electric vehicles. For example, Golf is the ideal model to go hybrid as the Golf 1.4 TSI and was considered as one of the most environmentally friendly vehicles of 2007. VW intends all future models to have the hybrid option. Volkswagen was the first car manufacturer to apply ISO 14000, during its drafting stage and was re-certified under the standards in September 2005.
The Porsche GmbH was sold to the Volkswagen AG. The operations of Volkswagen, it has become a large international corporation from where it started and expanded to different worldwide markets and countries.
Cars
Volkswagen sells a number of cars under its brand including sedans, MPVs, trucks, SUVs, and coupes. Their product range extends from the supermini Polo, to compact Golf, to mid-size Jetta and Passat, and full-size Phaeton. SUVs include the Tiguan and Touareg. Moreover, Volkswagen has produced various models including: Caddy, Eos, Fox, Gol, Golf, GTI, Jetta, Multivan, New Beetle, Passat, Passat C, Phaeton, Polo, Sharan, Scirocco, Tiguan, Touareg, Touran. Volkswagen has been selling low sulphur diesel-powered engines for the European market since 2003. VW developed Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) technology for diesel engines, and it offers a wide ar
ray of TDI power trains. Volkswagen is also developing hybrid technology for diesel-electric. A VW Golf turbo-diesel hybrid concept car, which has a fuel economy of 70 mpg (3.3 litres per 100 km). Volkswagen of America Inc. promotes its work in developing "clean diesel" and other fuel-efficient technologies. One of the vehicles being promoted is the 2009 clean-diesel Jetta TDI, which has a 16-valve, four-cylinder common rail direct injection engine, which reduces emissions by 90 percent. V
olkswagen do Brasil produced and sold neat ethanol vehicles (E100 only) in Brazil. As a response to the 1973 oil crisis, the Brazilian government began promoting bioethanol as a fuel, and the National Alcohol Program -Pró-Álcool- (Portuguese: Programa Nacional do Álcool) was launched in 1975. 
The 2003 VW Gol 1.6 Total Flex was the first full flexible-fuel vehicle launched in Brazil, capable of running on any blend of gasoline and ethanol (E100). The two-door E-Up! electric car concept was debuted at the 63rd Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009. The 3.19 meters (10 ft 6 in) long all-electric E-Up! is anticipated for production start in 2013, and uses a 3+1 seating configuration. 
It uses a 60 kilowatts (82 PS; 80 bhp) all-integrated drive electric motor, (continuously rated at 40 kilowatts (54 PS; 54 bhp)) mounted at the front and driving the front wheels. Volkswagen and Sanyo have teamed up to develop a battery system for hybrid electric vehicles. For example, Golf is the ideal model to go hybrid as the Golf 1.4 TSI and was considered as one of the most environmentally friendly vehicles of 2007. VW intends all future models to have the hybrid option. Volkswagen was the first car manufacturer to apply ISO 14000, during its drafting stage and was re-certified under the standards in September 2005.
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