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Volkswagen Group

January 09, 2023

This article is about the main company. For the flagship marque of this company, see Volkswagen.

Volkswagen AG (German: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːgŋ̍] (listen)), known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The company designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines and turbomachinery, as well as offering related services, including financing, leasing and fleet management. In 2016, it was the world's largest automaker by sales, and keeping this title in 2017, 2018 and 2019, selling 10.9 million vehicles.[7] It has maintained the largest market share in Europe for over two decades.[8] It ranked seventh in the 2020 Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies.[9]

Volkswagen AG
Headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany
TypePublic (AG)
FWB: VOW, VOW3
DAX Component (VOW3)
ISINDE0007664005
IndustryAutomotive
FoundedBerlin, Germany
(28 May 1937; 85 years ago (1937-05-28))
Headquarters
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
,
Germany
Number of locations
100 production facilities across 27 countries
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Hans Dieter Pötsch (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)[1]
Oliver Blume (Chairman of the Board of Management)[2][3]
ProductsAutomobiles, commercial vehicles, internal combustion engines, motorcycles, turbomachinery
Production output
 8,283,000 (2021)[4]
Brands
Automotive:[5]
Commercial:
Design:
ServicesBanking, financing, fleet management, insurance, leasing[6]
Revenue €250.200 billion (2021)[4]
€20.126 billion (2021)[4]
€15.428 billion (2021)[4]
Total assets €528.609 billion (2021)[4]
Total equity €144.449 billion (2021)[4]
Owners
Number of employees
 667,647 employees (average during 2021)[4]
Subsidiaries
Transportation:[5]
Financial services:
  • Lamborghini Financial Services
    Bentley Financial Services
    Volkswagen Financial Services AG
    Volkswagen Leasing GmbH
    Porsche Financial Services
    Volkswagen Immobilien
Logistics:
  • Volkswagen Group Fleet International
    Volkswagen Group Supply
    Volkswagen Air Service
Industrial:
  • Volkswagen Industrial Motor
International:
Websitewww.volkswagenag.com

The Volkswagen Group sells passenger cars under the Audi, Bentley, Cupra, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen brands; motorcycles under the Ducati name; light commercial vehicles under the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand; and heavy commercial vehicles via the marques of listed subsidiary Traton (Navistar, MAN, Scania and Volkswagen Truck & Bus). It is divided into two primary divisions—the Automotive Division and the Financial Services Division—and as of 2008, it had about 342 subsidiary companies.[10] Volkswagen also has three joint ventures in China, FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen and Volkswagen Anhui. The company has operations in roughly 150 countries, and it has 100 production facilities across 27 countries.

Volkswagen was founded in Berlin in 1937 and incorporated in Wolfsburg to manufacture the car that would become known as the Beetle. The company's production grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1965, it acquired Auto Union, which subsequently produced the first postwar Audi models. Volkswagen launched a new generation of front-wheel drive vehicles in the 1970s, including the Passat, Polo and Golf; the last became its bestseller. Volkswagen acquired a controlling stake in SEAT in 1986, making it the first non-German marque of the company, and acquired control of Škoda in 1994, of Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti in 1998, Scania in 2008 and of Ducati, MAN and Porsche in 2012. The company's operations in China have grown rapidly in the past decade, with the country becoming its largest market.

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft is a public company and has a primary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index, and a secondary listings on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and SIX Swiss Exchange. It has been traded in the United States via American depositary receipts since 1988, currently on the OTC Marketplace. Volkswagen delisted from the London Stock Exchange in 2013.[11][12] The government of Lower Saxony holds 12.7% of the company's shares, granting it, by law, 20% of the voting rights.[13]

History

 
26 May 1938: Laying the foundation stone of the first Volkswagen plant by Adolf Hitler: In the front right is Ferdinand Porsche.

1937 to 1945

Volkswagen (meaning 'People's car' in German) was founded in Berlin as the Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH ('Limited Liability Company for the preparation of the German People's Car', abbreviated to Gezuvor) by the National Socialist Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front) and incorporated on 28 May 1937.[14][15][16] The purpose of the company was to manufacture the Volkswagen car, originally referred to as the Porsche Type 60, then the Volkswagen Type 1, and commonly called the Volkswagen Beetle.[17] This vehicle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche's consulting firm, and the company was backed by the support of Adolf Hitler.[18] On 16 September 1938, Gezuvor was renamed Volkswagenwerk GmbH ('Volkswagen Factory GmbH').[14]

Shortly after the factory near Fallersleben was completed, World War II started, and the plant primarily manufactured the military Kübelwagen (Porsche Type 82) and the related amphibious Schwimmwagen (Type 166), both of which were derived from the Volkswagen. Only a small number of Type 60 Volkswagens were made during this time. The Fallersleben plant also manufactured the V-1 flying bomb, making the plant a major bombing target for the Allied forces.

1945 to 1970

After the war in Europe, in June 1945, Major Ivan Hirst[17] of the British Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) took control of the bomb-shattered factory for use in repairing British Army vehicles, pending the expected disposal of the plant tooling and equipment as war reparations. However, no British car manufacturer was interested. A British report on the car said that "the vehicle does not meet the fundamental technical requirement of a motor-car … it is quite unattractive to the average buyer … To build the car commercially would be a completely uneconomic enterprise."[19] In 1948, the Ford Motor Company of USA was offered Volkswagen, but Ernest Breech, a Ford executive vice president said he did not think either the plant or the car was "worth a damn."[20] Breech later said that he would have considered merging Ford of Germany and Volkswagen, but after the war, ownership of the company was in such dispute that nobody could possibly hope to be able to take it over. As part of the Industrial plans for Germany, large parts of German industry, including Volkswagen, were to be dismantled. Total German car production was set at a maximum of 10% of the 1936 car production numbers.[21] The company survived by producing cars for the British Army, and in 1948 the British Government handed the company back over to the German state, and it was managed by former Opel chief Heinrich Nordhoff.

 
The Audi F103, in production from 1965 to 1972

Production of the Type 60 Volkswagen (re-designated Type 1) started slowly after the war due to the need to rebuild the plant and because of the lack of raw materials, but production grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. The company began introducing new models based on the Type 1, all with the same basic air-cooled, rear-engine, rear-drive platform. These included the Volkswagen Type 2 in 1950, the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia in 1955, the Volkswagen Type 3 in 1961, the Volkswagen Type 4 in 1968, and the Volkswagen Type 181 in 1969.

In 1960, upon the flotation of part of the German federal government's stake in the company on the German stock market, its name became Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft (usually abbreviated to Volkswagenwerk AG).

On 1 January 1965, Volkswagenwerk acquired Auto Union GmbH from its parent company Daimler-Benz. The new subsidiary went on to produce the first post-war Audi models, the Audi F103 series, shortly afterwards.[22]

Another German manufacturer, NSU Motorenwerke AG, was merged into Auto Union on 26 August 1969, creating a new company, Audi NSU Auto Union AG (later renamed AUDI AG in 1985).[22]

1970 to 1999

 
A Volkswagen Golf Mk1 - the Golf is the third-bestselling car of all time, selling over 30 million up to 2013.

From the late 1970s to 1992, the acronym V.A.G. was used by Volkswagen AG as a brand for group-wide activities, such as distribution and leasing. Contrary to popular belief, "V.A.G." had no official meaning, and was never the formal name of the Volkswagen Group.[23]

On 30 September 1982, Volkswagenwerk made its first step expanding outside Germany by signing a co-operation agreement with the Spanish car manufacturer SEAT, S.A.[22]

To reflect the company's increasing global diversification from its headquarters and main plant (the Volkswagenwerk in Wolfsburg), on 4 July 1985, the company name was changed again—to Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (Volkswagen AG).

On 18 June 1986, Volkswagen AG acquired a 51% controlling stake in SEAT, making it the first non-German subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. On 23 December the same year, it became the Spanish company's major shareholder by increasing its share up to 75%.[22]

In 1990—after purchasing its entire equity—Volkswagen AG took over the full ownership of SEAT, making the company a wholly owned subsidiary, and on 28 March 1991, another step to the expansion of the group's activities was made through the signing of a joint-venture partnership agreement with Škoda automobilová a.s. of Czechoslovakia, accompanied with the acquisition of a 30% stake in the Czech car manufacturer on 16 April 1991.[22] On 19 December 1994, the group began the acquisition of Škoda Auto by raising its share to 60.3%. Later, on 11 December 1995, it became the Czech company's largest and controlling shareholder by increasing its share up to 70%.[24]

Three prestige automotive marques were added to the Volkswagen portfolio in 1998: Bentley, Lamborghini, and Bugatti.[22]

2000 to present

 
The Škoda Superb B6, in production from 2008 to 2015

On 30 May 2000, after having gradually raised its equity share, Volkswagen AG took over the full ownership of Škoda Auto, making the company a wholly owned subsidiary.[22]

From 2002 up to 2007, the Volkswagen Group's automotive division was restructured so that two major Brand Groups with different profile would be formed,[25] the Audi Brand Group focused on more sporty values – consisted of Audi, SEAT and Lamborghini – and the Volkswagen Brand Group on the field of classic values – consisted of Volkswagen, Skoda, Bentley and Bugatti[26][27] – with each Brand Group's product vehicles and performance being respectively under the higher responsibility of Audi and Volkswagen brands.

Volkswagen Group revealed on 24 October 2009 that it had made an offer to acquire long-time partner and German niche automotive manufacturer Wilhelm Karmann GmbH out of bankruptcy protection.[28] In November 2009, the supervisory board of Volkswagen AG approved the acquisition of assets of Karmann, and planned to restart vehicle production at their Osnabrück plant in 2012.[29]

In December 2009, Volkswagen AG bought a 49.9% stake in Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (more commonly known as Porsche AG) in a first step towards an 'integrated automotive group' with Porsche.[30][31][32] The merger of Volkswagen AG and Porsche SE was scheduled to take place during the course of 2011. On 8 September 2011, it was announced that the planned merger "cannot be implemented within the time frame provided for in the Comprehensive Agreement". As reasons, unquantifiable legal risks, including a criminal probe into the holding's former management team were given. Both parties "remain committed to the goal of creating an integrated automotive group with Porsche and are convinced that this will take place".[33][34] On 4 July 2012 Volkswagen group announced they would wrap up the remaining half of Porsche shares for 4.46 billion euros (US$5.58 billion) on 1 August 2012 to avoid taxes of as much as 1.5 billion euros, which would have to be paid if the wrap up happened after 31 July 2014.[35] Volkswagen AG purchased the remaining stake in Porsche AG equaling 100% of the shares in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH, effectively becoming its parent company as of 1 August 2012.[36]

Volkswagen AG completed the purchase of 19.9% of Suzuki Motor Corporation's issued shares on 15 January 2010.[37][38] Suzuki invested part of the amount received from Volkswagen into 1.49% percent of Volkswagen.[39] In 2011, Suzuki filed a lawsuit at an arbitration court in London requesting that Volkswagen return the 19.9% stake.[40]

On 25 May 2010, it was announced that Volkswagen Group, through it subsidiary Lamborghini Holding S.p.A., had acquired a 90.1% stake in the Italian automotive design house Italdesign Giugiaro.[41] In less than three months, the transaction had been completed making the Italian firm a member of the Volkswagen Group.[42] Since 2013 the Volkswagen Group has held a 89.7% stake in Traton.

In 2015 research showed a security flaw in the keyless ignition of Volkswagen and other carmakers' vehicles. Volkswagen spent two years trying to keep the research from the public domain.[43][undue weight? – discuss]

On 3 August 2015, Nokia announced that it had reached a deal to sell its Here digital maps division to a consortium of three German automakers—BMW, Daimler AG, and Volkswagen Group, for €2.8 billion.[44] This was seen as an indication that the automakers were interested in automated cars.

Volkswagen held a 19.9% non-controlling shareholding in Suzuki between 2009 and 2015. An international arbitration court ordered Volkswagen to sell the stake back to Suzuki.[45] On 17 September 2015, Suzuki paid $3.8bn to complete the stock buy-back just hours prior to a major scandal about emissions violations engulfing Volkswagen. Suzuki had wished to buy Fiat diesel engines.[46]

Bugatti left the Volkswagen Group in November 2021, when the company became part of Bugatti Rimac, a joint venture between Rimac Automobili and Porsche AG.[47]

Emissions scandal, 2015

Main article: Volkswagen emissions scandal

On 18 September 2015, the US EPA announced that Volkswagen had installed a "defeat device" software code in the diesel models sold in the US from 2009 to 2015.[48] The code was intended to detect when an emissions test was being conducted, and altered emissions controls for better compliance. Off the test stand, the controls were relaxed, and emissions jumped 35 to 40 times regulatory levels according to investigators at West Virginia University and the California Air Resources Board. About 482,000 vehicles are under the recall order, a potential $18 billion ($37,500 per violation) in fines are pending, and news accounts speculate a criminal indictment for the deception is certain.[49][50] The VW Group CEO, Martin Winterkorn, said he was "deeply sorry" and ordered an external investigation.[51] The software code was only revealed when the EPA refused to certify VW's 2016 models for sale in the US unless the corporation provided full disclosure.[52] On Sunday, 20 September 2015, VW Group announced it was halting the sale of its four-cylinder diesel models in the US.[53] The US EPA press release on its Notice of Violation,[48] and the California Air Resources Board letter[54] dated 18 September 2015 contain significant chronological detail of the agencies interaction with VW on the issue.

On 22 September 2015, VW AG admitted that 11 million cars worldwide had been fitted with software intended to deceive emissions testing. The company issued a profit warning, saying it had set aside $7 billion to fix the fraud.[55] On 23 September 2015, Martin Winterkorn announced his resignation from the CEO position after a crisis meeting of the company board.[56] On 25 September 2015 Matthias Müller was named CEO.[57] Müller was the head of the Porsche marque within the VW corporate umbrella.[58]

On 21 April 2017, a U.S. federal judge ordered Volkswagen "to pay a $2.8 billion criminal fine for rigging diesel-powered vehicles to cheat on government emissions tests". The "unprecedented" plea deal formalized a punishment that Volkswagen AG agreed to earlier in 2017.[59] In addition, the plea deal includes a $1.5 billion settlement for various environmental, customs and financial violations.[60]

Overall, Volkswagen will pay more than $30 billion in penalties and lawsuit settlements related to the scandal.[61]

Electrification strategy 2025

 
VW Group has invested in a wide-ranging electrification strategy in Europe, North America and China, with its electric "MEB" platform.

In 2016, Volkswagen Group announced a corporate "Strategy 2025" that focuses on electrification of its portfolio.[62] The VW Group developed the Volkswagen Group MEB platform chassis that will be utilized in a range of various cars and light utility vehicles across several VW Group marques due to its flexibility and floor-mounted battery.[63]

As of May 2018, the VW Group has committed $48 billion in car battery supplies[64] and plans to outfit 16 factories to build electric cars by the end of 2022.[65] According to VW Group CEO Dr. Herbert Diess, the company will offer 25 electric models and 20 plug-in hybrids by 2020.[64]

Production in Xinjiang

Volkswagen Group came under pressure for cooperating with the Chinese government in the region of Xinjiang. In that same region, western-funded NGOs accused the Chinese government of having committed human rights abuses against the Uighur minority group, which included mass surveillance, incarceration, and forced labor. After these accusations emerged, Volkswagen responded, "We do not assume any of our employees are forced laborers."[66] Süddeutsche Zeitung claimed that Volkswagen was operating a plant in Xinjiang at a loss in order to curry favor with the Chinese government to set up more lucrative plants in other parts of China, which Volkswagen denied, saying that the decision to set up the plant in 2012 was purely based on economics.[66] Volkswagen is still operating a plant in the region as of 2020.[67]

New Auto

In 2021, Volkswagen Group released their New Auto strategy. The strategy was based on transitioning to electric cars, and building a shared platform, battery systems, software and mobility solutions to use across all their brands.[68][69] This involves creating the Scalable Systems Platform, as well as developing software under a new subsidiary called CARIAD.[68][69] Volkswagen Group aims by 2024 to transition to selling mostly electric cars.[70] It aims to have six battery factories in Europe by 2030.[70]

Finances

For the fiscal year 2018, Volkswagen reported earnings of €13.920 billion, with an annual revenue of €235.849 billion, an increase of 2.2% over the previous fiscal cycle. Volkswagen's shares traded at over €148 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at US$73.8 billion in November 2018.[71]

Year Revenue
in bn. EUR€[72]		 Net income
in bn. EUR€[73]		 Employees[74]
1990 34.800 261,000
2000 81.840 2.610 322,000
2001 87.300 2.930 324,000
2002 85.293 2.597 324,000
2003 84.813 1.003 335,000
2004 88.963 0.697 343,000
2005 93.996 1.120 345,000
2006 104.875 2.750 324,900
2007 108.897 4.122 329,300
2008 113.808 4.688 369,900
2009 105.187 0.911 368,500
2010 126.875 7.226 399,400
2011 159.337 15.799 502,000
2012 192.676 21.884 550,000
2013 197.007 9.145 573,000
2014 202.458 11.068 593,000
2015 213.292 −1.361 610,000
2016 217.267 5.379 627,000
2017 230.682 11.638 634,000
2018 235.849 13.920 656,000
2019 252.633 12.369 671,000
2020 222.884 8.334 663,000
2021 250.200 15.428 673,000

Operations

 
Part of the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, its largest worldwide

Rooted in Europe, the Volkswagen Group operates in 153 countries.[75] Volkswagen Passenger Cars is the Group's original marque, and the other major subsidiaries include passenger car marques such as Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, and Škoda. Volkswagen AG also has operations in commercial vehicles, owning Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, along with controlling stakes in truck, bus and diesel engine manufacturers Scania AB and MAN SE.[76]

Subsidiaries and brands

The Volkswagen Group comprises the following vehicle manufacturers and their corresponding brands:[note 1]

  • Audi AG: 100% ownership[5] — The current company was formed through the acquisitions of Auto Union from Daimler-Benz on 30 December 1964, and NSU Motorenwerke on 9 March 1969 - Audi being the sole surviving marque from the Auto Union combine.
    • Audi Sport GmbH — Audi's performance engineering and manufacturing subsidiary.[5]
    • Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.: 100% ownership[5] — acquired by AUDI AG in September 1998.[77]
    • Bentley Motors Ltd: 100% ownership.[5] Volkswagen purchased Rolls-Royce & Bentley from Vickers on 28 July 1998,[77] however the purchase did not include the license to use the Rolls-Royce trademark on automobiles, which is controlled by Rolls-Royce Plc.[78] BMW outmaneuvered Volkswagen, succeeding in obtaining the rights to use the Rolls-Royce trademark on automobiles. From July 1998 until December 2002, BMW continued to supply engines for the Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and the Bentley division sold cars under both the Bentley and Rolls-Royce marques, under an agreement with BMW. In January 2022, Bentley became part of the Audi group.[79]
 
Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart
  • Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG: 75% ownership — Volkswagen AG purchased 49.9% of the shares in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH (the holding company of Porsche AG) in December 2009.[80] Volkswagen AG purchased the remaining stake in Porsche AG equaling 100% of the shares in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH, effectively becoming its parent company as of 1 August 2012.[36] 25% of shares sold in an IPO of Porsche AG in 2022.
  • Jetta: Joint venture with First Automotive Works created in 2019.
  • Scout Motors Inc.: 100% ownership — founded in 2022.
  • SEAT, S.A.: 100% ownership[5] — initially in 1982 a co-operation agreement with AUDI AG; 51% and 75% ownership in 1986, and full ownership in 1990. SEAT was the first non-German subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group.[22]
    • Cupra: 100% ownership by SEAT. In 2018, SEAT's motorsport division SEAT Sport was renamed Cupra Racing and at the same time, Cupra was launched as an independent brand alongside SEAT.
  • Škoda Auto a.s.: 100% ownership[5] — initially in 1991 a co-operation agreement and 30% ownership;[22] 60.3% and 70% ownership in 1994 and 1995 respectively, 100% ownership since 2000[24]
  • TRATON SE: 89.7% ownership — Formerly Volkswagen Truck and Bus, TRATON is the holding company for Volkswagen Group's heavy commercial vehicle operations.[81]
    • MAN Truck & Bus SE: 100% ownership — Transferred to TRATON SE after it merged with MAN SE in August 2021.
    • Navistar International Corporation: 100% ownership — produces heavy trucks under the International brand. Wholly owned by TRATON SE since July 2021. Volkswagen Truck and Bus (now TRATON) took an initial 16.6% stake in Navistar in February 2017.
    • Scania AB: 100% ownership — wholly owned by TRATON SE since 15 January 2015. Volkswagen acquired a controlling stake in July 2008, making Scania the 9th marque of the Volkswagen Group.[82]
    • Volkswagen Truck & Bus: 100% ownership — Volkswagen's Brazilian heavy truck and bus division. Sold by Volkswagen Group to MAN SE in December 2008 and from that point was also known as MAN Latin America. In November 2011, Volkswagen acquired a majority of the shares in MAN SE, bringing Volkswagen Truck & Bus back into the group. Transferred to TRATON SE after it merged with MAN SE in August 2021.
 
The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles assembly plant in Hannover, Germany
  • Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (German: Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge): 100% ownership[5] — Volkswagen's light commercial vehicle division started operations as an independent entity in 1995.
  • Volkswagen Passenger Cars: 100% ownership — the founding and flagship marque of the company.[5]Other subsidiaries and shareholdings:
  • Bugatti Rimac: Joint venture between Porsche AG (45%) and Rimac Group (55%).
  • MOIA: 100% ownership — new mobility services company.[83]
  • Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A.: 100% ownership — 90.1% acquired via Lamborghini S.p.A. in May 2010. Remaining shares transferred in July 2015.
  • IAV: 50% ownership.
  • Argo AI: 40% ownership — since June 2020.
  • Diconium: 100% ownership — since January 2020.
  • PayByPhone: a pay by phone parking service that allows users to pay for parking remotely.[84][85] The service processes more than US$740 million / €660 million Euros in payments and more than 5 million downloads a year.[86]

The Group also owns five defunct marques which are managed through the companies Auto Union GmbH and NSU GmbH, both of which are 100% owned by AUDI AG:

  • Auto Union — the Auto Union company, together with NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU), were merged into "Audi NSU Auto-Union AG" in 1969. The name was shortened to "AUDI AG" in 1985, and the interlocked four-ring badge from Auto Union is still used by AUDI AG.
  • Dampf-Kraft-Wagen (DKW)
  • Horch
  • NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU) – bought in 1969 by Volkswagen AG, and merged into "Audi NSU Auto-Union AG"; the NSU brand has not been used since 1977, while the former NSU manufacturing plant at Neckarsulm is still used for Audi assembly.
  • Wanderer

Corporate affairs

Ownership

Under the Volkswagen Law, no shareholder in Volkswagen AG could exercise more than 20 percent of the firm's voting rights, regardless of their level of stock holding.[87] This law was supposed to protect Volkswagen Group from takeovers.[88] In October 2005, Porsche acquired an 18.53 percent stake in the business, and in July 2006, Porsche increased that ownership to more than 25 percent. Analysts disagreed as to whether the investment was a good fit for Porsche's strategy.[89]

On 26 March 2007, after the European Union moved against the Volkswagen law, Porsche took its holding to 30.9 percent, triggering a takeover bid under German law. Porsche formally announced in a press statement that it did not intend to take over Volkswagen Group, setting its offer price at the lowest possible legal value, but intended the move to avoid a competitor taking a large stake, or to stop hedge funds dismantling Volkswagen Group, which is Porsche's most important partner.[90] On 16 September 2008, Porsche announced that the company had increased its stake in Volkswagen AG to 35 percent.[91] By October 2008, Porsche held 42.6 percent of Volkswagen AG's ordinary shares, and held stock options on another 31.5 percent.[92] thus, effectively holding over 74 percent; 42.6 percent actual shares, and the rest as convertible options.[93] Volkswagen AG briefly became the world's most valuable company, as the stock price rose to over €1,000 per share as short sellers tried to cover their positions.[94] The substantial investment in Volkswagen left Porsche with huge financial burden with its debts accumulating up to 13 billion euros by 2009.[95] Porsche would get emergency infusion of about a billion dollars from Volkswagen.[96] In July 2012, Volkswagen completed takeover of Porsche ending the 4 year saga and formed an integrated automotive group with Porsche. Porsche AG would become the 10th brand of Volkswagen. The holding company Porsche SE was left with 31 percent of the subscribed capital of Volkswagen AG, and 50.7 percent of the voting rights in the company.[97]

As of 31 December 2020, share ownership of Volkswagen AG is distributed as follows:[98]

Stock market listings

Volkswagen AG shares are primarily traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange,[99] and are listed under the 'VOW' and 'VOW3' stock ticker symbols. First listed in August 1961, the shares were issued at a price of DM 350 per DM 100 share,[99] Volkswagen AG shares are now separated into two different types or classes: 'ordinary shares' and 'preference shares'.[99] The ordinary shares are now traded under the WKN 766400 and ISIN DE0007664005 listings, and the preference shares under the WKN 766403 and ISIN DE0007664039 listings.[99]

Volkswagen AG shares are also listed and traded on other major domestic and worldwide stock exchanges. In Germany's domestic exchanges, since 1961 these include those in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart. International exchanges include those in Basel (listed in 1967), Geneva (1967), Zürich (1967), Luxembourg (1979), London (1988), and New York (1988).[99]

Since the start of trading in 1961, Volkswagen AG shares have been subjected to two stock splits – the first was on 17 March 1969 when they were split at a ratio of 2:1, from a DM 100 share to a DM 50 share. The second split occurred on 6 July 1998, the DM 50 share being converted into a share of no overall nominal value, at a ratio of 1:10.[99]

From 23 December 2009, Volkswagen AG preferred shares replaced its ordinary shares in the DAX index.[100]

Leadership, sales and market share

Volkswagen (mbH, GmbH, AG) leaders
Tenure Leader(s)
1937 to 1945 Bodo Lafferentz, Ferdinand Porsche, Jakob Werlin[101]
June 1945 to December 1947 Ivan Hirst (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)[17]
1 January 1948 to April 1967 Heinrich Nordhoff[102]
1 May 1968 to September 1971 Kurt Lotz[102]
1 October 1971 to February 1975 Rudolf Leiding[102]
10 February 1975 to December 1980 Toni Schmücker[102]
1 January 1982 to December 1992 Carl Hahn[102]
1 January 1993 to 16 April 2002 Ferdinand K. Piëch[102]
16 April 2002 to 31 December 2006 Bernd Pischetsrieder[102]
1 January 2007 to 23 September 2015 Martin Winterkorn[102][103][104]
25 September 2015 to 12 April 2018 Matthias Müller[105]
12 April 2018 to 31 August 2022 Herbert Diess[1]
From 1 September 2022 Oliver Blume[102]
Top 3 Automakers Global, 2018, by global volume[106]
Group Units
Volkswagen 10,083,000
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi 10,076,000
Toyota 10,059,000

In 2018, Volkswagen Group's largest single country market was China with 4.20 million units delivered, followed by Germany with 1.12 million units. Divided by regions, Asia-Pacific was the second-largest market of the Volkswagen Group with 4.50 million units in 2013, followed by Western Europe with 4.14 million, and North America with 943,000 units delivered in 2018.[107]

Top 3 Automakers EU27, 2013, new passenger car volume[108]
Group Units share
Volkswagen 2,957,653 25.0
PSA 1,311,406 11.1
RENAULT 1,076,367 10.4

The European ranking of automakers is compiled monthly by the European Auto Manufacturers' Association ACEA.[108] Volkswagen has held the top spot in Europe uninterrupted for more than two decades.[109]

The company was again the top global automaker in 2018, for the fifth consecutive year, selling 10.083 million vehicles in the year 2018, just 7,000 more than the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance.[106]

Co-management

Main article: Volkswagen worker organizations

With 120,000 employees in Germany and 600,000 globally,[110] it is one of the most well organized labour represented companies in the world. The role that Works Councils and the trade union IG Metall play is unique even within Germany. VW workers have some of the strongest collective agreements. With the exception of the United States, all of its major locations are represented in the Global Works Council and local trade union bodies. VW has a strong tradition and practice of social partnership and co-determination rights globally.[111]

Sponsorships

Volkswagen is heavily involved in sports sponsorship, with investments having included the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2014 Winter Olympics,[112][113] as well as the David Beckham Academy. Volkswagen AG wholly owns the Bundesliga football side VfL Wolfsburg;[114] the company is also the shirt sponsor of Major League Soccer club D.C. United, League of Ireland Premier Division Sligo Rovers and top level of the Mexican football league system Liga MX team Puebla F.C.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Volkswagen Truck and Bus are renamed to TRATON AG.

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This article is about the main company For the flagship marque of this company see Volkswagen Volkswagen AG German ˈfɔlksˌvaːgŋ listen known internationally as the Volkswagen Group is a German multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg Lower Saxony Germany The company designs manufactures and distributes passenger and commercial vehicles motorcycles engines and turbomachinery as well as offering related services including financing leasing and fleet management In 2016 it was the world s largest automaker by sales and keeping this title in 2017 2018 and 2019 selling 10 9 million vehicles 7 It has maintained the largest market share in Europe for over two decades 8 It ranked seventh in the 2020 Fortune Global 500 list of the world s largest companies 9 Volkswagen AGHeadquarters in Wolfsburg GermanyTypePublic AG Traded asFWB VOW VOW3DAX Component VOW3 ISINDE0007664005IndustryAutomotiveFoundedBerlin Germany 28 May 1937 85 years ago 1937 05 28 HeadquartersWolfsburg Lower Saxony GermanyNumber of locations100 production facilities across 27 countriesArea servedWorldwideKey peopleHans Dieter Potsch Chairman of the Supervisory Board 1 Oliver Blume Chairman of the Board of Management 2 3 ProductsAutomobiles commercial vehicles internal combustion engines motorcycles turbomachineryProduction output8 283 000 2021 4 BrandsAutomotive 5 AudiBentleyCupraDucatiJettaLamborghiniPorscheScoutSEATSkodaVolkswagen CarsCommercial IC BusInternationalMAN Truck amp BusScaniaVW Caminhoes e OnibusVW Commercial VehiclesDesign Italdesign GiugiaroServicesBanking financing fleet management insurance leasing 6 Revenue 250 200 billion 2021 4 Operating income 20 126 billion 2021 4 Net income 15 428 billion 2021 4 Total assets 528 609 billion 2021 4 Total equity 144 449 billion 2021 4 OwnersPorsche SE 31 4 of equity 53 3 of votes as of 31 December 2021 4 State of Lower Saxony 11 8 of equity 20 of votes as of 31 December 2021 4 QIA 10 5 of equity 17 of votes as of 31 December 2021 4 Number of employees667 647 employees average during 2021 4 SubsidiariesTransportation 5 Traton 89 7 Porsche HoldingVolkswagen Marine Financial services Lamborghini Financial ServicesBentley Financial ServicesVolkswagen Financial Services AGVolkswagen Leasing GmbHPorsche Financial Services Volkswagen Immobilien Logistics Volkswagen Group Fleet InternationalVolkswagen Group SupplyVolkswagen Air Service Industrial Volkswagen Industrial Motor International Volkswagen Group ChinaVolkswagen Group IndiaVolkswagen Group of AmericaVolkswagen Group AustraliaVolkswagen Group CanadaVolkswagen Group MalaysiaVolkswagen do BrasilVolkswagen Group IrelandVolkswagen Group ItaliaVolkswagen of South AfricaVolkswagen Group TaiwanVolkswagen Group United KingdomWebsitewww wbr volkswagenag wbr comThe Volkswagen Group sells passenger cars under the Audi Bentley Cupra Lamborghini Porsche SEAT Skoda and Volkswagen brands motorcycles under the Ducati name light commercial vehicles under the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand and heavy commercial vehicles via the marques of listed subsidiary Traton Navistar MAN Scania and Volkswagen Truck amp Bus It is divided into two primary divisions the Automotive Division and the Financial Services Division and as of 2008 it had about 342 subsidiary companies 10 Volkswagen also has three joint ventures in China FAW Volkswagen SAIC Volkswagen and Volkswagen Anhui The company has operations in roughly 150 countries and it has 100 production facilities across 27 countries Volkswagen was founded in Berlin in 1937 and incorporated in Wolfsburg to manufacture the car that would become known as the Beetle The company s production grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s In 1965 it acquired Auto Union which subsequently produced the first postwar Audi models Volkswagen launched a new generation of front wheel drive vehicles in the 1970s including the Passat Polo and Golf the last became its bestseller Volkswagen acquired a controlling stake in SEAT in 1986 making it the first non German marque of the company and acquired control of Skoda in 1994 of Bentley Lamborghini and Bugatti in 1998 Scania in 2008 and of Ducati MAN and Porsche in 2012 The company s operations in China have grown rapidly in the past decade with the country becoming its largest market Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft is a public company and has a primary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange where it is a constituent of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index and a secondary listings on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and SIX Swiss Exchange It has been traded in the United States via American depositary receipts since 1988 currently on the OTC Marketplace Volkswagen delisted from the London Stock Exchange in 2013 11 12 The government of Lower Saxony holds 12 7 of the company s shares granting it by law 20 of the voting rights 13 Contents 1 History 1 1 1937 to 1945 1 2 1945 to 1970 1 3 1970 to 1999 1 4 2000 to present 1 4 1 Emissions scandal 2015 1 4 2 Electrification strategy 2025 1 4 3 Production in Xinjiang 1 4 4 New Auto 2 Finances 3 Operations 3 1 Subsidiaries and brands 4 Corporate affairs 4 1 Ownership 4 2 Stock market listings 4 3 Leadership sales and market share 4 4 Co management 5 Sponsorships 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 8 1 Corporate documents 9 External linksHistory Edit 26 May 1938 Laying the foundation stone of the first Volkswagen plant by Adolf Hitler In the front right is Ferdinand Porsche 1937 to 1945 Edit Volkswagen meaning People s car in German was founded in Berlin as the Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH Limited Liability Company for the preparation of the German People s Car abbreviated to Gezuvor by the National Socialist Deutsche Arbeitsfront German Labour Front and incorporated on 28 May 1937 14 15 16 The purpose of the company was to manufacture the Volkswagen car originally referred to as the Porsche Type 60 then the Volkswagen Type 1 and commonly called the Volkswagen Beetle 17 This vehicle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche s consulting firm and the company was backed by the support of Adolf Hitler 18 On 16 September 1938 Gezuvor was renamed Volkswagenwerk GmbH Volkswagen Factory GmbH 14 Shortly after the factory near Fallersleben was completed World War II started and the plant primarily manufactured the military Kubelwagen Porsche Type 82 and the related amphibious Schwimmwagen Type 166 both of which were derived from the Volkswagen Only a small number of Type 60 Volkswagens were made during this time The Fallersleben plant also manufactured the V 1 flying bomb making the plant a major bombing target for the Allied forces 1945 to 1970 Edit A 1951 Volkswagen Beetle After the war in Europe in June 1945 Major Ivan Hirst 17 of the British Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers REME took control of the bomb shattered factory for use in repairing British Army vehicles pending the expected disposal of the plant tooling and equipment as war reparations However no British car manufacturer was interested A British report on the car said that the vehicle does not meet the fundamental technical requirement of a motor car it is quite unattractive to the average buyer To build the car commercially would be a completely uneconomic enterprise 19 In 1948 the Ford Motor Company of USA was offered Volkswagen but Ernest Breech a Ford executive vice president said he did not think either the plant or the car was worth a damn 20 Breech later said that he would have considered merging Ford of Germany and Volkswagen but after the war ownership of the company was in such dispute that nobody could possibly hope to be able to take it over As part of the Industrial plans for Germany large parts of German industry including Volkswagen were to be dismantled Total German car production was set at a maximum of 10 of the 1936 car production numbers 21 The company survived by producing cars for the British Army and in 1948 the British Government handed the company back over to the German state and it was managed by former Opel chief Heinrich Nordhoff The Audi F103 in production from 1965 to 1972 Production of the Type 60 Volkswagen re designated Type 1 started slowly after the war due to the need to rebuild the plant and because of the lack of raw materials but production grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s The company began introducing new models based on the Type 1 all with the same basic air cooled rear engine rear drive platform These included the Volkswagen Type 2 in 1950 the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia in 1955 the Volkswagen Type 3 in 1961 the Volkswagen Type 4 in 1968 and the Volkswagen Type 181 in 1969 In 1960 upon the flotation of part of the German federal government s stake in the company on the German stock market its name became Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft usually abbreviated to Volkswagenwerk AG On 1 January 1965 Volkswagenwerk acquired Auto Union GmbH from its parent company Daimler Benz The new subsidiary went on to produce the first post war Audi models the Audi F103 series shortly afterwards 22 Another German manufacturer NSU Motorenwerke AG was merged into Auto Union on 26 August 1969 creating a new company Audi NSU Auto Union AG later renamed AUDI AG in 1985 22 1970 to 1999 Edit A Volkswagen Golf Mk1 the Golf is the third bestselling car of all time selling over 30 million up to 2013 From the late 1970s to 1992 the acronym V A G was used by Volkswagen AG as a brand for group wide activities such as distribution and leasing Contrary to popular belief V A G had no official meaning and was never the formal name of the Volkswagen Group 23 On 30 September 1982 Volkswagenwerk made its first step expanding outside Germany by signing a co operation agreement with the Spanish car manufacturer SEAT S A 22 To reflect the company s increasing global diversification from its headquarters and main plant the Volkswagenwerk in Wolfsburg on 4 July 1985 the company name was changed again to Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft Volkswagen AG On 18 June 1986 Volkswagen AG acquired a 51 controlling stake in SEAT making it the first non German subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group On 23 December the same year it became the Spanish company s major shareholder by increasing its share up to 75 22 In 1990 after purchasing its entire equity Volkswagen AG took over the full ownership of SEAT making the company a wholly owned subsidiary and on 28 March 1991 another step to the expansion of the group s activities was made through the signing of a joint venture partnership agreement with Skoda automobilova a s of Czechoslovakia accompanied with the acquisition of a 30 stake in the Czech car manufacturer on 16 April 1991 22 On 19 December 1994 the group began the acquisition of Skoda Auto by raising its share to 60 3 Later on 11 December 1995 it became the Czech company s largest and controlling shareholder by increasing its share up to 70 24 Three prestige automotive marques were added to the Volkswagen portfolio in 1998 Bentley Lamborghini and Bugatti 22 2000 to present Edit The Skoda Superb B6 in production from 2008 to 2015 On 30 May 2000 after having gradually raised its equity share Volkswagen AG took over the full ownership of Skoda Auto making the company a wholly owned subsidiary 22 From 2002 up to 2007 the Volkswagen Group s automotive division was restructured so that two major Brand Groups with different profile would be formed 25 the Audi Brand Group focused on more sporty values consisted of Audi SEAT and Lamborghini and the Volkswagen Brand Group on the field of classic values consisted of Volkswagen Skoda Bentley and Bugatti 26 27 with each Brand Group s product vehicles and performance being respectively under the higher responsibility of Audi and Volkswagen brands Volkswagen Group revealed on 24 October 2009 that it had made an offer to acquire long time partner and German niche automotive manufacturer Wilhelm Karmann GmbH out of bankruptcy protection 28 In November 2009 the supervisory board of Volkswagen AG approved the acquisition of assets of Karmann and planned to restart vehicle production at their Osnabruck plant in 2012 29 In December 2009 Volkswagen AG bought a 49 9 stake in Dr Ing h c F Porsche AG more commonly known as Porsche AG in a first step towards an integrated automotive group with Porsche 30 31 32 The merger of Volkswagen AG and Porsche SE was scheduled to take place during the course of 2011 On 8 September 2011 it was announced that the planned merger cannot be implemented within the time frame provided for in the Comprehensive Agreement As reasons unquantifiable legal risks including a criminal probe into the holding s former management team were given Both parties remain committed to the goal of creating an integrated automotive group with Porsche and are convinced that this will take place 33 34 On 4 July 2012 Volkswagen group announced they would wrap up the remaining half of Porsche shares for 4 46 billion euros US 5 58 billion on 1 August 2012 to avoid taxes of as much as 1 5 billion euros which would have to be paid if the wrap up happened after 31 July 2014 35 Volkswagen AG purchased the remaining stake in Porsche AG equaling 100 of the shares in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH effectively becoming its parent company as of 1 August 2012 36 Volkswagen AG completed the purchase of 19 9 of Suzuki Motor Corporation s issued shares on 15 January 2010 37 38 Suzuki invested part of the amount received from Volkswagen into 1 49 percent of Volkswagen 39 In 2011 Suzuki filed a lawsuit at an arbitration court in London requesting that Volkswagen return the 19 9 stake 40 On 25 May 2010 it was announced that Volkswagen Group through it subsidiary Lamborghini Holding S p A had acquired a 90 1 stake in the Italian automotive design house Italdesign Giugiaro 41 In less than three months the transaction had been completed making the Italian firm a member of the Volkswagen Group 42 Since 2013 the Volkswagen Group has held a 89 7 stake in Traton In 2015 research showed a security flaw in the keyless ignition of Volkswagen and other carmakers vehicles Volkswagen spent two years trying to keep the research from the public domain 43 undue weight discuss On 3 August 2015 Nokia announced that it had reached a deal to sell its Here digital maps division to a consortium of three German automakers BMW Daimler AG and Volkswagen Group for 2 8 billion 44 This was seen as an indication that the automakers were interested in automated cars Volkswagen held a 19 9 non controlling shareholding in Suzuki between 2009 and 2015 An international arbitration court ordered Volkswagen to sell the stake back to Suzuki 45 On 17 September 2015 Suzuki paid 3 8bn to complete the stock buy back just hours prior to a major scandal about emissions violations engulfing Volkswagen Suzuki had wished to buy Fiat diesel engines 46 Bugatti left the Volkswagen Group in November 2021 when the company became part of Bugatti Rimac a joint venture between Rimac Automobili and Porsche AG 47 Emissions scandal 2015 Edit Main article Volkswagen emissions scandal On 18 September 2015 the US EPA announced that Volkswagen had installed a defeat device software code in the diesel models sold in the US from 2009 to 2015 48 The code was intended to detect when an emissions test was being conducted and altered emissions controls for better compliance Off the test stand the controls were relaxed and emissions jumped 35 to 40 times regulatory levels according to investigators at West Virginia University and the California Air Resources Board About 482 000 vehicles are under the recall order a potential 18 billion 37 500 per violation in fines are pending and news accounts speculate a criminal indictment for the deception is certain 49 50 The VW Group CEO Martin Winterkorn said he was deeply sorry and ordered an external investigation 51 The software code was only revealed when the EPA refused to certify VW s 2016 models for sale in the US unless the corporation provided full disclosure 52 On Sunday 20 September 2015 VW Group announced it was halting the sale of its four cylinder diesel models in the US 53 The US EPA press release on its Notice of Violation 48 and the California Air Resources Board letter 54 dated 18 September 2015 contain significant chronological detail of the agencies interaction with VW on the issue On 22 September 2015 VW AG admitted that 11 million cars worldwide had been fitted with software intended to deceive emissions testing The company issued a profit warning saying it had set aside 7 billion to fix the fraud 55 On 23 September 2015 Martin Winterkorn announced his resignation from the CEO position after a crisis meeting of the company board 56 On 25 September 2015 Matthias Muller was named CEO 57 Muller was the head of the Porsche marque within the VW corporate umbrella 58 On 21 April 2017 a U S federal judge ordered Volkswagen to pay a 2 8 billion criminal fine for rigging diesel powered vehicles to cheat on government emissions tests The unprecedented plea deal formalized a punishment that Volkswagen AG agreed to earlier in 2017 59 In addition the plea deal includes a 1 5 billion settlement for various environmental customs and financial violations 60 Overall Volkswagen will pay more than 30 billion in penalties and lawsuit settlements related to the scandal 61 Electrification strategy 2025 Edit VW Group has invested in a wide ranging electrification strategy in Europe North America and China with its electric MEB platform In 2016 Volkswagen Group announced a corporate Strategy 2025 that focuses on electrification of its portfolio 62 The VW Group developed the Volkswagen Group MEB platform chassis that will be utilized in a range of various cars and light utility vehicles across several VW Group marques due to its flexibility and floor mounted battery 63 As of May 2018 the VW Group has committed 48 billion in car battery supplies 64 and plans to outfit 16 factories to build electric cars by the end of 2022 65 According to VW Group CEO Dr Herbert Diess the company will offer 25 electric models and 20 plug in hybrids by 2020 64 Production in Xinjiang Edit Volkswagen Group came under pressure for cooperating with the Chinese government in the region of Xinjiang In that same region western funded NGOs accused the Chinese government of having committed human rights abuses against the Uighur minority group which included mass surveillance incarceration and forced labor After these accusations emerged Volkswagen responded We do not assume any of our employees are forced laborers 66 Suddeutsche Zeitung claimed that Volkswagen was operating a plant in Xinjiang at a loss in order to curry favor with the Chinese government to set up more lucrative plants in other parts of China which Volkswagen denied saying that the decision to set up the plant in 2012 was purely based on economics 66 Volkswagen is still operating a plant in the region as of 2020 67 New Auto Edit In 2021 Volkswagen Group released their New Auto strategy The strategy was based on transitioning to electric cars and building a shared platform battery systems software and mobility solutions to use across all their brands 68 69 This involves creating the Scalable Systems Platform as well as developing software under a new subsidiary called CARIAD 68 69 Volkswagen Group aims by 2024 to transition to selling mostly electric cars 70 It aims to have six battery factories in Europe by 2030 70 Finances EditFor the fiscal year 2018 Volkswagen reported earnings of 13 920 billion with an annual revenue of 235 849 billion an increase of 2 2 over the previous fiscal cycle Volkswagen s shares traded at over 148 per share and its market capitalization was valued at US 73 8 billion in November 2018 71 Year Revenuein bn EUR 72 Net incomein bn EUR 73 Employees 74 1990 34 800 261 0002000 81 840 2 610 322 0002001 87 300 2 930 324 0002002 85 293 2 597 324 0002003 84 813 1 003 335 0002004 88 963 0 697 343 0002005 93 996 1 120 345 0002006 104 875 2 750 324 9002007 108 897 4 122 329 3002008 113 808 4 688 369 9002009 105 187 0 911 368 5002010 126 875 7 226 399 4002011 159 337 15 799 502 0002012 192 676 21 884 550 0002013 197 007 9 145 573 0002014 202 458 11 068 593 0002015 213 292 1 361 610 0002016 217 267 5 379 627 0002017 230 682 11 638 634 0002018 235 849 13 920 656 0002019 252 633 12 369 671 0002020 222 884 8 334 663 0002021 250 200 15 428 673 000Operations Edit Part of the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg Germany its largest worldwide Rooted in Europe the Volkswagen Group operates in 153 countries 75 Volkswagen Passenger Cars is the Group s original marque and the other major subsidiaries include passenger car marques such as Audi Bentley Lamborghini Porsche SEAT and Skoda Volkswagen AG also has operations in commercial vehicles owning Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles along with controlling stakes in truck bus and diesel engine manufacturers Scania AB and MAN SE 76 Subsidiaries and brands Edit The Volkswagen Group comprises the following vehicle manufacturers and their corresponding brands note 1 Audi AG 100 ownership 5 The current company was formed through the acquisitions of Auto Union from Daimler Benz on 30 December 1964 and NSU Motorenwerke on 9 March 1969 Audi being the sole surviving marque from the Auto Union combine Audi Sport GmbH Audi s performance engineering and manufacturing subsidiary 5 Automobili Lamborghini S p A 100 ownership 5 acquired by AUDI AG in September 1998 77 Ducati Motor Holding S p A 100 ownership 5 bought on 19 July 2012 Bentley Motors Ltd 100 ownership 5 Volkswagen purchased Rolls Royce amp Bentley from Vickers on 28 July 1998 77 however the purchase did not include the license to use the Rolls Royce trademark on automobiles which is controlled by Rolls Royce Plc 78 BMW outmaneuvered Volkswagen succeeding in obtaining the rights to use the Rolls Royce trademark on automobiles From July 1998 until December 2002 BMW continued to supply engines for the Rolls Royce Silver Seraph and the Bentley division sold cars under both the Bentley and Rolls Royce marques under an agreement with BMW In January 2022 Bentley became part of the Audi group 79 Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart Dr Ing h c F Porsche AG 75 ownership Volkswagen AG purchased 49 9 of the shares in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH the holding company of Porsche AG in December 2009 80 Volkswagen AG purchased the remaining stake in Porsche AG equaling 100 of the shares in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH effectively becoming its parent company as of 1 August 2012 36 25 of shares sold in an IPO of Porsche AG in 2022 Jetta Joint venture with First Automotive Works created in 2019 Scout Motors Inc 100 ownership founded in 2022 SEAT S A 100 ownership 5 initially in 1982 a co operation agreement with AUDI AG 51 and 75 ownership in 1986 and full ownership in 1990 SEAT was the first non German subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group 22 Cupra 100 ownership by SEAT In 2018 SEAT s motorsport division SEAT Sport was renamed Cupra Racing and at the same time Cupra was launched as an independent brand alongside SEAT Skoda Auto a s 100 ownership 5 initially in 1991 a co operation agreement and 30 ownership 22 60 3 and 70 ownership in 1994 and 1995 respectively 100 ownership since 2000 24 TRATON SE 89 7 ownership Formerly Volkswagen Truck and Bus TRATON is the holding company for Volkswagen Group s heavy commercial vehicle operations 81 MAN Truck amp Bus SE 100 ownership Transferred to TRATON SE after it merged with MAN SE in August 2021 Navistar International Corporation 100 ownership produces heavy trucks under the International brand Wholly owned by TRATON SE since July 2021 Volkswagen Truck and Bus now TRATON took an initial 16 6 stake in Navistar in February 2017 Scania AB 100 ownership wholly owned by TRATON SE since 15 January 2015 Volkswagen acquired a controlling stake in July 2008 making Scania the 9th marque of the Volkswagen Group 82 Volkswagen Truck amp Bus 100 ownership Volkswagen s Brazilian heavy truck and bus division Sold by Volkswagen Group to MAN SE in December 2008 and from that point was also known as MAN Latin America In November 2011 Volkswagen acquired a majority of the shares in MAN SE bringing Volkswagen Truck amp Bus back into the group Transferred to TRATON SE after it merged with MAN SE in August 2021 The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles assembly plant in Hannover Germany Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles German Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge 100 ownership 5 Volkswagen s light commercial vehicle division started operations as an independent entity in 1995 Volkswagen Passenger Cars 100 ownership the founding and flagship marque of the company 5 Other subsidiaries and shareholdings Bugatti Rimac Joint venture between Porsche AG 45 and Rimac Group 55 MOIA 100 ownership new mobility services company 83 Italdesign Giugiaro S p A 100 ownership 90 1 acquired via Lamborghini S p A in May 2010 Remaining shares transferred in July 2015 IAV 50 ownership Argo AI 40 ownership since June 2020 Diconium 100 ownership since January 2020 PayByPhone a pay by phone parking service that allows users to pay for parking remotely 84 85 The service processes more than US 740 million 660 million Euros in payments and more than 5 million downloads a year 86 The Group also owns five defunct marques which are managed through the companies Auto Union GmbH and NSU GmbH both of which are 100 owned by AUDI AG Auto Union the Auto Union company together with NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU were merged into Audi NSU Auto Union AG in 1969 The name was shortened to AUDI AG in 1985 and the interlocked four ring badge from Auto Union is still used by AUDI AG Dampf Kraft Wagen DKW Horch NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU bought in 1969 by Volkswagen AG and merged into Audi NSU Auto Union AG the NSU brand has not been used since 1977 while the former NSU manufacturing plant at Neckarsulm is still used for Audi assembly WandererCorporate affairs EditOwnership Edit Under the Volkswagen Law no shareholder in Volkswagen AG could exercise more than 20 percent of the firm s voting rights regardless of their level of stock holding 87 This law was supposed to protect Volkswagen Group from takeovers 88 In October 2005 Porsche acquired an 18 53 percent stake in the business and in July 2006 Porsche increased that ownership to more than 25 percent Analysts disagreed as to whether the investment was a good fit for Porsche s strategy 89 On 26 March 2007 after the European Union moved against the Volkswagen law Porsche took its holding to 30 9 percent triggering a takeover bid under German law Porsche formally announced in a press statement that it did not intend to take over Volkswagen Group setting its offer price at the lowest possible legal value but intended the move to avoid a competitor taking a large stake or to stop hedge funds dismantling Volkswagen Group which is Porsche s most important partner 90 On 16 September 2008 Porsche announced that the company had increased its stake in Volkswagen AG to 35 percent 91 By October 2008 Porsche held 42 6 percent of Volkswagen AG s ordinary shares and held stock options on another 31 5 percent 92 thus effectively holding over 74 percent 42 6 percent actual shares and the rest as convertible options 93 Volkswagen AG briefly became the world s most valuable company as the stock price rose to over 1 000 per share as short sellers tried to cover their positions 94 The substantial investment in Volkswagen left Porsche with huge financial burden with its debts accumulating up to 13 billion euros by 2009 95 Porsche would get emergency infusion of about a billion dollars from Volkswagen 96 In July 2012 Volkswagen completed takeover of Porsche ending the 4 year saga and formed an integrated automotive group with Porsche Porsche AG would become the 10th brand of Volkswagen The holding company Porsche SE was left with 31 percent of the subscribed capital of Volkswagen AG and 50 7 percent of the voting rights in the company 97 As of 31 December 2020 update share ownership of Volkswagen AG is distributed as follows 98 Subscribed capital Percentage Shareholder name31 4 Porsche Automobil Holding SE25 9 Foreign institutional investors14 6 Qatar Holding LLC11 8 State of Lower Saxony12 9 Private shareholders Others3 4 German institutional investors Voting rights Percentage Shareholder name53 3 Porsche Automobil Holding SE20 0 State of Lower Saxony17 0 Qatar Holding LLC9 7 Others Stock market listings Edit Volkswagen AG shares are primarily traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 99 and are listed under the VOW and VOW3 stock ticker symbols First listed in August 1961 the shares were issued at a price of DM 350 per DM 100 share 99 Volkswagen AG shares are now separated into two different types or classes ordinary shares and preference shares 99 The ordinary shares are now traded under the WKN 766400 and ISIN DE0007664005 listings and the preference shares under the WKN 766403 and ISIN DE0007664039 listings 99 Volkswagen AG shares are also listed and traded on other major domestic and worldwide stock exchanges In Germany s domestic exchanges since 1961 these include those in Berlin Dusseldorf Hamburg Hanover Munich and Stuttgart International exchanges include those in Basel listed in 1967 Geneva 1967 Zurich 1967 Luxembourg 1979 London 1988 and New York 1988 99 Since the start of trading in 1961 Volkswagen AG shares have been subjected to two stock splits the first was on 17 March 1969 when they were split at a ratio of 2 1 from a DM 100 share to a DM 50 share The second split occurred on 6 July 1998 the DM 50 share being converted into a share of no overall nominal value at a ratio of 1 10 99 From 23 December 2009 Volkswagen AG preferred shares replaced its ordinary shares in the DAX index 100 Leadership sales and market share Edit Volkswagen mbH GmbH AG leaders Tenure Leader s 1937 to 1945 Bodo Lafferentz Ferdinand Porsche Jakob Werlin 101 June 1945 to December 1947 Ivan Hirst Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 17 1 January 1948 to April 1967 Heinrich Nordhoff 102 1 May 1968 to September 1971 Kurt Lotz 102 1 October 1971 to February 1975 Rudolf Leiding 102 10 February 1975 to December 1980 Toni Schmucker 102 1 January 1982 to December 1992 Carl Hahn 102 1 January 1993 to 16 April 2002 Ferdinand K Piech 102 16 April 2002 to 31 December 2006 Bernd Pischetsrieder 102 1 January 2007 to 23 September 2015 Martin Winterkorn 102 103 104 25 September 2015 to 12 April 2018 Matthias Muller 105 12 April 2018 to 31 August 2022 Herbert Diess 1 From 1 September 2022 Oliver Blume 102 Top 3 Automakers Global 2018 by global volume 106 Group UnitsVolkswagen 10 083 000Renault Nissan Mitsubishi 10 076 000Toyota 10 059 000In 2018 Volkswagen Group s largest single country market was China with 4 20 million units delivered followed by Germany with 1 12 million units Divided by regions Asia Pacific was the second largest market of the Volkswagen Group with 4 50 million units in 2013 followed by Western Europe with 4 14 million and North America with 943 000 units delivered in 2018 107 Top 3 Automakers EU27 2013 new passenger car volume 108 Group Units shareVolkswagen 2 957 653 25 0PSA 1 311 406 11 1RENAULT 1 076 367 10 4The European ranking of automakers is compiled monthly by the European Auto Manufacturers Association ACEA 108 Volkswagen has held the top spot in Europe uninterrupted for more than two decades 109 The company was again the top global automaker in 2018 for the fifth consecutive year selling 10 083 million vehicles in the year 2018 just 7 000 more than the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance 106 Co management Edit Main article Volkswagen worker organizations With 120 000 employees in Germany and 600 000 globally 110 it is one of the most well organized labour represented companies in the world The role that Works Councils and the trade union IG Metall play is unique even within Germany VW workers have some of the strongest collective agreements With the exception of the United States all of its major locations are represented in the Global Works Council and local trade union bodies VW has a strong tradition and practice of social partnership and co determination rights globally 111 Sponsorships EditVolkswagen is heavily involved in sports sponsorship with investments having included the 2008 Summer Olympics the 2014 Winter Olympics 112 113 as well as the David Beckham Academy Volkswagen AG wholly owns the Bundesliga football side VfL Wolfsburg 114 the company is also the shirt sponsor of Major League Soccer club D C United League of Ireland Premier Division Sligo Rovers and top level of the Mexican football league system Liga MX team Puebla F C See also Edit Germany portal Companies portalList of automobile manufacturers List of automobile manufacturers of Germany List of Volkswagen Group factories List of Volkswagen Group platforms Wolfsburg Volkswagen PlantNotes Edit Volkswagen Truck and Bus 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