Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg,Lower Saxony,Germany. Founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front under the Nazi Party and revived into the global brand it is known as today post-World War II by the British Army officer Ivan Hirst,it is known for the iconic Beetle and serves as the flagship brand of the Volkswagen Group,the largest automotive manufacturer by worldwide sales in 2016 and 2017. The group's biggest market is China,which delivers 40 percent of its sales and profits. Its name is derived from the German-language terms Volk and Wagen,translating to "people's car" when combined.
The Volkswagen Jetta is a compact car/small family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen since 1979. Positioned to fill a sedan niche above the firm's Golf hatchback,it has been marketed over seven generations,variously as the Atlantic,Vento,Bora,City Jetta,Jetta City,GLI,Jetta,Clasico,and Sagitar.
Volkswagen Group China is the Chinese subsidiary of the German automotive concern Volkswagen Group in the People's Republic of China.
China FAW Group Corp.,Ltd. is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Changchun,Jilin. Founded on 15 July 1953,it is currently the second largest of the "Big Four" state-owned car manufacturers of China,together with SAIC Motor,Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Changan Automobile.
Volkswagen Group of America,Inc.,is the North American operational headquarters,and subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group of automobile companies of Germany. VWoA is responsible for five marques:Audi,Bentley,Bugatti,Lamborghini,and Volkswagen cars. It also controls VW Credit,Inc.,Volkswagen's financial services and credit operations. The company is headquartered in Reston,Virginia.
Auto Shanghai,officially known as the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition,is a biennial international automobile show that alternates with the Beijing Auto Show as China's yearly international automotive exhibition. First held in 1985,Auto Shanghai is the nation's oldest auto exhibition,and is considered as an important major international auto show.
SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co.,Ltd.,formerly known as Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co.,Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Anting,Shanghai,China and a joint venture between SAIC Motor and Volkswagen Group. It was founded in 1984 and produces cars under the Volkswagen,Škoda and Audi marques. It is the second automobile manufacturing joint venture in China after American Motors and the first German car manufacturer to enter China.
FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co.,Ltd. is a joint venture between FAW Group and Volkswagen Group which manufactures Audi and Volkswagen marque passenger cars for sale in China. It was founded on 6 February 1991.
JAC Group is a Chinese automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer. The company is based in Hefei,Anhui Province,China.
The Volkswagen Group MQB platform is the company's strategy for shared modular design construction of its transverse,front-engine,front-wheel-drive layout automobiles. It was first introduced in the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 in late 2012. Volkswagen spent roughly $8bn developing this new platform and the cars employing it. The platform underpins a wide range of cars from the supermini class to the mid size SUV class. MQB allows Volkswagen to assemble any of its cars based on this platform across all of its MQB ready factories. This allows the Volkswagen group flexibility to shift production as needed between its different factories. Beginning in 2012,Volkswagen Group marketed the strategy under the code name MQB,which stands for Modularer Querbaukasten,translating from German to "Modular Transversal Toolkit" or "Modular Transverse Matrix". MQB is one strategy within VW's overall MB program which also includes the similar MLB strategy for vehicles with longitudinal engine orientation.
The Volkswagen T-Roc is a compact crossover SUV (C-segment) manufactured by German automaker Volkswagen. It was unveiled at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show,and launched in November 2017. It is based on the Volkswagen Group MQB A1 platform,and generally has been considered as the SUV equivalent of the C-segment Golf. It is positioned between the Tiguan and the slightly smaller T-Cross,while being approximately the same size as the Taigo.
The Chinese version of the Volkswagen Jetta is manufactured by the joint venture FAW-Volkswagen since 1991. In 2019,the name was split out from Volkswagen to become its own marque and the model became known as the Jetta VA3.
The Volkswagen Tayron is a compact crossover SUV produced by FAW-Volkswagen.
The Jetta VS5 is a compact crossover SUV jointly developed by FAW Group and Volkswagen Group for its China-exclusive brand,Jetta,and mainly manufactured by FAW-Volkswagen,a joint venture between the two companies since 2019.
The Jetta VS7 is a mid-size crossover SUV manufactured by FAW-Volkswagen for its China-exclusive brand,Jetta since 2020.
The Volkswagen Bora is a small family car,the fourth generation of the Volkswagen Jetta,and the successor to the Volkswagen Vento. Production of the car began in July 1999. Carrying on the wind nomenclature from previous generations,the car was known as the Volkswagen Bora in much of the world. Bora is a winter wind that blows intermittently over the coast of the Adriatic Sea,as well as in parts of Greece,Russia,Turkey,and the Sliven region of Bulgaria. In North America and South Africa,the Volkswagen Jetta moniker was again kept on due to the continued popularity of the car in those markets.
The Volkswagen ID.6 is a battery electric mid-size crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by Volkswagen in China from 2021. It is based on the MEB platform,and part of the ID. series electric vehicle line-up. In China,the FAW-Volkswagen joint venture will produce and market the ID.6 Crozz,whereas SAIC-Volkswagen will build and market the ID.6 X with a slightly altered styling. As of April 2022,it is the second largest vehicle of the Volkswagen ID. series,and the second largest built on the MEB platform.
The Cupra Tavascan is an battery electric compact crossover SUV (C-segment) to be produced by Volkswagen Anhui,a joint venture between Volkswagen (75%) and Chinese company JAC Group (25%),and sold by Cupra,a subsidiary of SEAT.
The Volkswagen Taos is a compact crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen. It was first released in October 2018 as the Volkswagen Tharu in China,while the Taos was released in October 2020 as a restyled version of the Tharu for the North American,South American,and Russian markets. In the brand's lineup,the vehicle is positioned below the Tiguan,and in South America and China above the T-Cross. It is not marketed in core European market.
Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co.,Ltd.,trading as Leapmotor,is a Chinese startup automobile manufacturer headquartered in Hangzhou,China,specializing in developing electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2015,and sold its first vehicles in 2019. In 2023,Stellantis acquired 20 percent stake of Leapmotor,and plans to sell Leapmotor vehicles in Europe.
