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Who own car brands

The automotive industry has always suffered that the relationships of manufacturers were very difficult in the relationships. After the global financial crisis thoroughly sucks it in almost all countries, European and American auto gygids began to fragile their brands convulsively. In this confusion, it became incomprehensible who is now responsible for the famous brands. Follow the complex history of the relationship of the largest car brands.

German Porsche own Porsche family and PIh family - the heirs of the founder of Ferdinand Porsche and his sisters Louise Pih. The family clan belongs to the company's shares, giving the right to accept key decisions, and a small part of preferred shares listed on German stock exchanges. By the way, the earlier family is very significantly affected by the German car market. So, for example, Ferdinand Pih (grandson Ferdinand Porsche), from 1993 to 2002 he headed Volkswagen.

In 2009, the first major foreign shareholder appeared at the family concern. I became the Qatari Emirate, bought 10% of the shares of the holding. By the way, Volkswagen itself actually belongs to Porsche, and vice versa - since 2009, Volkswagen has 49.9% of Porsche AG shares. Initially cars concern Volkswagen. He was state. It was reorganized into a joint stock company only in 1960, and by 20% of the shares in its capital received the Federal Government of Germany and the Government of Lower Saxony.

In addition to its own production, the divisions of the Volkswagen group are currently: Audi (purchased from Daimler-Benz in 1964), SEAT (since 1990 Volkswagen Group owns 99.99% of shares), Škoda, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini (the company was acquired Audi subsidiary in 1998)

Japanese Toyota Motor Corp., whose president is the grandson of the company Akio Toyoda, 6.29% belongs to The Master Trust Bank of Japan, 6.29% - Japan Trustee Services Bank, 5.81% - Toyota Industries Corporation, 9% make up Treasury shares.

Of all Japanese automakers, only Toyota boasts a good "collection" of brands - Lexus, Scion, Daihatsu and Subaru. In addition, the Toyota Motor includes a HINO truck manufacturer.

Honda achievement is much more modest. In addition to the premium brand Acura and a motorcycle office, the Japanese has nothing more boast.

Peugeot-Citroen's autoconecern is still 30.3% (45.1% of the voting shares) belongs to the Peugeot family. Promotions also own concern employees (2.76%), there are treasury shares (3.07%). The remaining stocks are in free handling.

By the way, Peugeot SA acquired a 38.2% of Citroën shares in 1974, and after two years later brought this stake to 89.95%. So today "Peugeot" practically fully controls before independent "Citroen".

Another largest world automaker is the Renault-Nissan Alliance, which owns the brands like Renault, Dacia, Nissan, Infiniti, Samsung. In addition, Renault-Nissan since December 2012 owns 50% + 1 Avtovaz action, so now brand Lada So actually belongs to the French-Japanese Alliance.

Concern Renault over the past 60 years gradually comes out from under state control. Until 1945, Renault was 100% private. However, during the war, the company's factories were destroyed, and Louis Renaults were accused of cooperation with the fascists and condemned. A major entrepreneur died in prison, and his company was safely nationalized. However, over the years, the state proportion began to decline. And if in 1996, Renault was a state more than half, then in 2005 he already belonged to only 15.7% of the shares. In 1999, Renault and Nissan concluded, perhaps, the most durable car alliance. Nissan is 44.4% belongs to the French producer, and Renault, in turn, gave 15% of the shares to the Japanese.

The fifth largest car concern daimlerchrysler was very loved by the Arabs. The owner of the top brand of Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG and Smart, as the main shareholder has Arab Investment Fund Aabar Investments (9.1%), 7.2% of the shares owns the Kuwait government, about 2% belongs to Dubai Emirate. Next to such brands is surprising to see our KAMAZ, 10% of the shares of which Daimler acquired in 2008. The German autoconecern paid $ 250 million for the shares of KamAZ, and 50 million left up to 2012. As a result, Daimler's transaction received one place in the KAMAZ Board of Directors. In February of this year, the concern bought another 1% of the shares of the truck manufacturer.

Bavarian Concern BMW, which in 1959 actually sally saved from the sale of Herbert Kvandt, still depends on his family. In the late 50s, a competing company Daimler-Benz became interested in the 50s, but Kwandt did not sell it, and invested himself. Today, his widow of Joanna Kvandt and children of Stefan and Suzanne control 46.6% of BMW shares and live quite well. Stephen Kvandt for some time even served as Deputy Chairman of the Company's Board. Despite the fact that different time Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Honda and Fiat offered very favorable deals, Kvandt's heirs refuse to sell, because they consider the preservation of the brand behind the family of honor.

In recent years, the Hyundai-Kia Alliance has rapidly escapes the leaders of the world car industry. Currently, the Alliance releases cars under the brands of Hyundai and Kia, but in the near future Koreans plan to create a premium brand. By unconfirmed while information, he will be called Genesis.

Hyundai Motor "raised from his knees" one-only man - Chung Mong Ku, the eldest son of the founder of the industrial group Hyundai. In the late 90s, he seriously took up the quality of cars. For some 6 years, Korean was able to increase sales in the US market 360% and take the fourth place among import brands.

Ford Motor manages William Ford Jr., great-famous Henry Ford. Henry Ford himself always dreamed of being the sole owner of the company. In 1919, Henry and his son Edsel bought the company's shares from other shareholders and became the only owners of their kids. The fact that they were sold to them without problems, do not doubt, because the first shareholders were: a carbon dealer, his accountant, a banker who trusted the carbon dealer, two brothers who had a workshop on the manufacture of engines, carpenter, two lawyers, one clerk , owner of a haberdashery store and a person who produced windy engines and pneumatic rifles.

Until recently, Ford boasts two more British brands - "Jaguar" (in 1989, Ford bought Jaguar for 2.5 billion dollars) and Land Rover (2000 was overbought Ford for 2.75 billion BMW dollars). In 2008, both brands due to huge debts were for sale. In June 2008, the Indian Tata Motors bought them.

To date, in addition to cars with your name, Ford Motor owns Lincoln and Mercury stamps. Also "Ford" owns 33.4% of Mazda shares and 9.4% of Kia Motors Corporation shares.

General Motors, for a long time held a leading position in the automotive market, today is controlled by the state (61% of the shares). Its main shareholders are: the Government of Canada (12%), the united trade union of US auto industry (17.5%). The remaining 10.5% of the shares were divided between the largest creditors.

The famous autocontracean still owns Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac and Opel brands. More recently, he also owned a test package of shares of the Swedish company Saab (50%), but after the crisis, in January 2010 sold the company to the Dutch manufacturer of sports cars Spyker Cars.

In the summer of 2008, General Motors decided to sell the Hummer brand, and almost a year tried to sell it to the Chinese, then the Russians, then the Hindus. As a result, the only perspective deal with the Chinese Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co was broken, and on May 26, 2010, the last Sprountech of the brand came up in the American city of SriVport.

From January 1, 2011, Fiat Group was divided into two subsidiaries in two sectors: "FIAT SPA" ( passenger transport) and "FIAT INDUSTRIAL" (industrial transport).
From mergers and acquisitions recent years I would like to note the transition of VOLVO brand under control chinese Geely. and the purchase of Indian Tata Motor English bonus brands - Jaguar and Land Rover.. The most curious in this row looks like a tiny Dutch manufacturer of supercars Spyker Swedish brand Saab.

From the once of the powerful British car industry, some memories remained. The most famous British automakers have long lost independence, but even small English firms switched to foreign owners. The legendary company Lotus belongs to the Malaysian Proton, and MG bought a Chinese company SAIC. At the same time, SAIC sold Korean SsangYong Motor Indian automakers Mahindra & Mahindra.based on HHTTP: //www.km.ru

A type Joint-stock company , Listing on the stock exchange Base Founders Adac Location Germany: Wolfsburg, Switzerland: Lausanne Key figures Mattias Muller (Chairman of the Board), Herbert Diss
(CEO),
Kfaus Kennburg (executive director) Industry Automotive Products Passenger and commercial cars Turnover ▲ € 235,849 billion (2018) Operating profit ▲ € 13,920 billion (2018) Net profit ▲ € 11.844 billion (2018) Assets € 458.156 billion (2018) Capitalization ▲ € 117.11 billion (2018) Number of employees 655,722 people (2018) Affiliated companies Audi AG,
Automobili Lamborghini S.P.A. (subsidiary AUDI AG) ,
Bentley Motors Ltd.
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. (Verkswagen France subsidiary) , Scania AB.
SEAT S.A.
Skoda AUTO A.S.
Volkswagen Marine.
Porsche.
Ducati Motor Holding S.P.A. (subsidiary AUDI AG)
ITALDESIGN GIUGIARO. Website volkswagenag.com (it.) (eng.) Media Files on Wikisklad

The Volkswagen Concern consists of 342 car manufacturing companies and related services. For September 2011, the Porsche Automobil Holding SE Holding (also known as Porsche SE) owns 50.73% of Volkswagen AG voting shares. In turn, Volkswagen AG owns 49.9% of ordinary shares of the intermediate holding Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH (the remaining 50.1% owns directly Porsche SE), and Porsche Zwischenhold GmbH owns a 100% stake in the manufacturer of prestigious Porsche AG cars. Negotiations are underway to merge into a single structure of VW-Porsche. Until September 2015, Martin Wintercorn was simultaneously the Chairman of the Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG Board.

As a result of the first 9 months of 2009, the world's largest car manufacturer. He held the 14th place in Fortune Global 500 in 2009. The leader of the European car market (more than 25%).

History

The concern leads its origin from the company created by "Gesellschaft Zur Vorbereitung Des Deutschen Volkswagens MBH" ("Society for the preparation of German folk car"When the National Socialist Organization" Power through Joy ") Ferdinand Porsche in 1937 in Berlin. In early 1938, the construction of the first Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg began; On September 16 of the same year, the firm was renamed Volkswagenwerk GmbH. After World War II, the factories fall under the management of the British military administration.

On August 22, 1960, a limited liability company "Volkswagen plants" was founded, which after the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany began to belong to the Lower Saxony. By decision of the annual General Assembly in 1985, the company name was changed to Volkswagen AG. In addition to the automotive and motorcycle industry, the concern provided financial and logistics services and had a small food enterprise.

In the early 1990s, the concern experienced great difficulties. Appointed by the Chairman of the Board of the Concern in 1993, Ferdinand Pehech turned out to be an excellent crisis manager. He almost saved the concern, translating it to a four-day working week. Until 2015, the fun played one of the concern keywords. It was he who achieved outstanding success, choosing an offensive policy and acquiring a whole pleiad of popular automotive brands.

Corporate structure

Financial division

In March 1991 to optimize organizational structure Volkswagen forms an internal division called Volkswagen Finanz, which in January 1994 receives independence inside the concern, as the Closed Joint Stock Company Volkswagen Financial Services. 100% of share capital belong to the Volkswagen AG concern. As the banking and financial structure of Volkswagen Financial Services gets access to international financial markets and the possibility of financing projects on favorable terms.

Currently, the financial division of the group - Volkswagen Financial Services is the largest financial operator in the European automotive market with the central office in Braunschweig. The assets of Volkswagen Financial Services at the end of 2009 amounted to more than 60.2 billion euros. Volkswagen Financial Services employ over 5,000 people around the world, including 3,600 employees working in Germany itself. The division is engaged:

financing the production and acquisition of cars for private and corporate clients (Volkswagen bank);
providing banking services to private and corporate clients (Volkswagen Bank Direct / Audi Bank Direct);
provision of insurance services to private and corporate clients (Volkswagen Bank GmbH / Volkswagen-Versicherungsdienst: Volkswagen Bank, Audi Bank, Seat Bank, Škoda bank);
providing leasing services to private and corporate clients (Volkswagen Leasing);
volkswagen Leasing / LeasePlan Corporation;

Activity

In 2010, the revenue of the Volkswagen AG concern amounted to € 57.243 billion, net profit - € 1.55 billion. In 2009, despite the global crisis and the overall reduction of car sales, the company managed to increase sales of cars around the world by 0.6%. This is a record of implementation that has reached 6.23 million cars.

In 2006, the concern sold 5.72 million cars in the amount of € 104.9 billion (net profit for this period was € 2.75 billion). More than 370 thousand people worked at the Group's enterprises. In 2005, the concern produced 5.22 million and sold 5.19 million cars. 7.5% of sales accounted for Germany, 44.7% - to Europe, 15% - to North America, 6.6% - to the Asia-Pacific region, 4.4% - to South America and 1.8% - on Africa. Revenue in 2005 amounted to € 95.3 billion, an increase of 7% compared with 2004, net profit VW - € 1.12 billion (€ 697 million in 2004).

In April 2019, it was about the fact that Volkswagen, together with the Chinese company Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC), plan to build a new plant for the production of electric vehicles in China. According to preliminary data, the construction of new production will require about 750 million dollars.

Production

Volkswagen AG concern owns 48 by automotive enterprises in 15 European countries and in six countries of America, Asia and Africa. At the enterprises of the group there are more than 370 thousand people, more than 26,600 cars are produced daily, authorized sales and car service are carried out in more than 150 countries of the world.

Volkswagen in Russia

In Russia, the official distributor of cars VOLKSWAGEN car stamps, Audi, Škoda, Bentley, Lamborghini, Ducati and Volkswagen Commercial Cars is Volkswagen Group Rus LLC. The company's activities as a single importing company takes its beginning in 2003. The Director General is Markus Ozekovich.

In 2014, Volkswagen Group Rus acted as an official partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. For the organization of the transfer of guests, the company provided the organizing committee of Sochi-2014 more than 3,000 cars of VOLKSWAGEN, Audi, Škoda and Volkswagen-commercial cars, most of which were produced on russian plants Companies.

In March 2016, the company commissioned a new warehouse of spare parts and accessories in the Moscow region of Chekhov.

In February 2018, the company's factory became the owner of Transformer of the Year's reward for the best performance indicators among Volkswagen brands in the world. In July 2018, the company expanded the boundaries of its activities and received the status of official importer VOLKSWAGEN brands - passenger cars and Volkswagen-commercial cars in Kazakhstan. In November 2018, the Volkswagen Group Rus plant in Kaluga produced a 500,000 Volkswagen Polo sedan in the Drive picking with a 1,6-liter engine with a capacity of 110 liters. from. and 6-speed automatic box Transmissions. This car He was transferred to the Russian operator of Crashing "Delimobil".

In 2018, the company's sales on the Russian market amounted to 211,800 cars. The market share of 2018 reached 11.8%. Sales of all brands of the Volkswagen concern in Russia amounted to 229,800 (including the sales results of Porsche, Man and Scania brands). At the production platforms of the company in 2018, 200,000 cars were produced: 143,500 cars - at the company's factory in Kaluga and 56,500 cars - at the production site in Nizhny Novgorod. The production volume of the engines was 161,000 engines, 44,000 of which were exported to production sites in Spain and the Czech Republic.

Plant in Kaluga

On May 29, 2006, the company signed an investment agreement with the administration of the Kaluga region and the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia on the construction of a automotive factory in the region of Kaluga, in the Trubtsevo Technopark. Initial investment in the project amounted to 570 million euros. Initially, the plant opened on November 28, 2007, produced ŠKODA Octavia cars using large-sized technology. In October 2009, the production of the body of a full cycle was launched at the factory, which includes welding and painting.

At the end of October 2009, Volkswagen Group Rus announced work on the project of the budget sedan of the B-class created on the basis of Hatchback Volkswagen Polo specially for russian market. In early June 2010, it became known about the practical readiness of the car, named Volkswagen Polo Sedan. In production at the factory in Kaluga, the car was launched in the summer of 2010. At the moment, the Volkswagen Tiguan models are produced at the factory, Volkswagen Polo. And Škoda Rapid.

In 2013, the level of production localization was estimated at 50%.

In November 2016, a new body shop of 12,000 square meters was opened at the factory in Kaluga. m. Additional power enterprises allowed to organize the production of Volkswagen Tiguan second generation. The total volume of Volkswagen Group investment in the production of new Tiguan amounted to 180 million euros.

In June 2017, the plant in Kaluga started the production of updated Škoda Rapid.

Engine factory

In 2015, Kaluga opened a plant for the production of motors 1.6 MPI series EA211. The power of the plant is 150 thousand engines per year. In February 2016, a million car was equipped with a conveyor in Kaluga, which was the Volkswagen Polo Allstar with a local engine engine. In October 2016, a 200-thousand-thousand 1.6 MPI engine of the EA211 series from the date of opening the engine manufacturing plant. In 2018, 161 thousand engines were made, of which 44 thousand are exported.

Production in Nizhny Novgorod

Since 2012, the company has begun to produce cars and at the manufacturing site of the GAZ Group in Nizhny Novgorod. The agreement on contract assembly with the Russian group GAZ was signed on June 14, 2011. . In accordance with the Agreement on Gaza, the full cycle of the production of ŠKODA Octavia and Škoda kodiaq is organized.

In June 2017, Volkswagen Group and the GAZ Group signed an agreement on cooperation in three regions:

Extension of contract production of passenger cars at the factory in Nizhny Novgorod;
Supply engines Volkswagen. for light commercial car brand gas;
An agreement on intentions to consider the possibilities of strategic partnership between Volkswagen Truck & Bus and Gas Group.

On the very first days of the automotive industry, all car manufacturers were of course independent of each other. But. As a result, more successful automotive companies began to buy competing autobrands. Subsequently, the world's largest conglomerates began to create the world's largest conglomerates, which to this day are simply large autocompany in the world in terms of product produced and naturally on sales. Let's look at the current state of the world auto business. We suggest you find out which well-known and popular currently are under the control of large corporations and autoablyades.

ABARTH - owned by Fiat / Chrysler

ABARTH was founded in 1949. Initially, the autobrade was engaged in the production of racing cars and the production of autocomponents for powerful vehicles. In 1971, the founder of the company Carlo Abat sold its brand company. Currently, ABARTH is currently producing more powerful versions based on Fiat.

Alfa Romeo - owned by Fiat / Chrysler

Currently, the Audi brand is the largest of the world's largest autocontraser Volkswagen.

Bentley - belonging to Volkswagen

Ferrari - belongs to Fiat

In 1969, Fiat acquired a 50% stake in Ferrari, after the planned redemption of the Italian premium brand was the Ford. In the end, FIAT increased its share of shares to 90%. In 2014, Fiat Chrysler concern decided to separate the brand from the main group. As a result, the transaction was completed in 2016, and the Alelly family, who founded Fiat, became the largest shareholder of Ferrari.

Infiniti - belongs to Nissan

Lamborghini - belongs Volkswagen

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Lamborghini belonged to the Chrysler concern. Currently enters Volkswagen Group. Part of this company Lamborghini has become in 1998, when the brand has passed under control.

Land Rover - owned by TATA

Land Rover for a long history of the automotive industry owned many famous car brands, starting from and ending with the American company Ford. But in 2008, the Land Rover brand, together with Jaguar, passed under the control of the Indian industrial giant Tata. Immediately after absorption, two independent brand and Jaguar were combined into one company.

Lexus - belongs to Toyota

Lexus fully belongs to Toyota. The brand is a luxury division of the Japanese company. Like Acura, Infiniti, which belong and, accordingly, the LEXUS brand was launched to the market to enter the US premium car market, as well as the United Kingdom.

Lotus - Belongs Proton

The Proton Malazian automaker in 1993 bought a company from an Italian businessman Romano Artioli (who owned Bugatti in those years). Today, the Lotus brand still belongs to Proton. The strangest thing that Lotus cars are still produced and sold worldwide (mainly in England), whereas under the brand Proton, the release of cars was stopped.

Maserati - belongs to the Fiat-Chrysler autoconecer

Maserati is a 100% subsidiary of Fiat since 1993. Today it belongs to the Fiat-Chrysler autoconecer.

Mercedes - owned by Daimler

Mercedes-Benz is the largest and most famous car brand in Daimler Corporation. Daimler also owns several commercial vehicle manufacturers.

MG - Belongs SAIC

Mg belongs to the Chinese company after in 2005 the company MG ROVER went bankrupt. Initially, the MG brand was bought by the Chinese company Nanjing Automobile, but then Shanghai SAIC will be twisted him.

MINI - Belongs to BMW

In 2000, BMW sold the MG, Rover and Land Rover brands belonging to them, which were known to be included in the ROVER GROUP. But when selling BMW has kept control over Mini. As a result, today BMW, in addition to Rolls-Royce, retains control over the brand.

Mitsubishi - belongs to Nissan-Renault

Mitsubishi Motors is a car division of the Mitsubishi Group, which in addition to automotive production is engaged in projects in nuclear energy, banking and in other many business spheres. In October 2016, Nissan became the largest shareholder of the company, having bought 34% of the shares. So, Mitsubishi became part of the Renault-Nissan autolessness.

Nissan - belongs to autoless Renault-Nissan

After several years of financial difficulties, Nissan in 1993 entered alliance with Renault. Purely technically, these two companies are separate. But technology, methods of work in the production of cars are the same. Also, the auto-passenger has a united general director Carlos Gon. Nissan has a smaller share in Renault, while Renault has a lot of stake in nissan companieswhich is essentially a junior partner.

Porsche - owned by Volkswagen

Car manufacturer is a subsidiary Volkswagen.

Renault - belongs to Alliance Renault-Nissan

Once renault. belonged to the French government. In 1996, the company was privatized. But today France still has a stake in Renault. Nowadays, Renault is included in the world's largest auto-lights Renault-Nissan in which Mitsubishi has also entered.

Rolls-Royce - owned by BMW

Rolls-Royce Motors was purchased Volkswagen in 1998. Five years later, the company moved to BMW.

Seat belongs to Volkswagen

Since 1986, it is the only largest car manufacturer in Spain. From this year, the company is part of Volkswagen.

Skoda - owned by Volkswagen

Volkswagen began buying Skoda shares in 1991, in a period of great change in the former Czechoslovakia. Since 2000, Skoda has been fully owned by the VW Group.

SMART - Belongs Daimler

Initially, the idea of \u200b\u200ba radical urban car was first suggested by the owner of the manufacturer of Swatch hours. Now Smart fully belongs to Daimler.

SsangYong - owned by Mahindra & Mahindra

Although the company SsangYong is based on South Korea, Currently, the Indian company Mahindra & Mahindra is the main owner of the Korean Autobrade, which in 2011 acquired 70% of the shares of the Korean company.

Subaru - owned by Fuji

Subaru is owned by Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), which will soon change its name on Subaru Corporation. The company FHI includes six independent automobile companies. The company's large shareholders are Toyota and Suzuki. SUZUKI has a lot of stake.

Vauxhall / Opel - Belong PSA (Citroen- Peugeot)

Vauxhall cars / Despite the fact that they were positioned as British and German car brands, in fact, for a long time were part of the world's largest automaker General Motors. GENERAL MOTORS has owned Vauxhall / Opel brands since 1925. In March 2017, it was announced that Vauxhall / Opel brands go to the property of the Citroen- Peugeot autolessness (PSA).

Volvo - Belongs to Geely

After more than 70 years, Volvo was a fully independent Swedish auto brand, in 2000, she became part of the Ford company, which after 9 years sold the Swedish brand of the Chinese company Geely.

Lada AvtoVAZ - belongs to Alliance Renault-Nissan and Rostech

In 2008, the controlling stake over the company AvtoVAZ received Renault company.

Gas - owned by the company "Basic Element", Oleg Deripaska

In 2000, the control package of OJSC GAZ was acquired by the Basic Element, Oleg Deripaska. In 2001, Gorky automotive factory He entered the car Holding "Ruspromawto".

In the automotive world, we are simply surrounded by a bunch of cuts related to machines. But often cuts relate to companies and concerns. One of these abbreviations that has been walking for a long time, it is Vag! Some say that this is another name Volkswagen, others called Vagom all german cars (Including Mercedes and BMW). But what about actually? It turns out everything is simple ...

Let's start as usual from the definition.

Vag. - This abbreviated abbreviation from Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (the second word in the title is "Joint-Stock Company"), the Volkswagen AG is shrong (because Aktiengesellschaft is complexly difficult to pronounced the word and replaced it by abbreviation). In turn, the word Volkswagen is also reduced, hence the VAG.

In the "People", the same VAG, decipher as Volkswagen - Audi Group, but it's not entirely right. However, such a reduction itself does not confirm the manufacturer, but does not deny, that is, this is not the official name, but for example, "People's"!

What is the official name?

At this time, there is the official name of the company, it's just - Volkswagen Konzern. - German (translation - "Concern Volkswagen"). However, in English-speaking sources of the Volkswagen Group, sometimes the VW Group. Translated simply - Group of Companies Volkswagen.

So how many brands are included?

If you take 2011, then approximately 50.73% of VAG shares belonged to the Porsche Holding. But VAG owns a 100% stake in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH intermediate holding, which in turn owns the right to produce prestigious Porsche AG cars. It turns out that the company is as if closed by itself.

However, for this period of time, this concern includes a lot of other brands, such as:

Volkswagen himself. Basically engaged in the production of passenger cars.
Audi. It was purchased from the Concern Daimler-Benz in 1964.
NSU Motorenwerke - Engaged in the production of motorcycles. Purchased in 1969.
Seat - production of passenger cars.
Skoda - bought in 1991
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles - engaged in the production of minibuses, buses, tractors.
Bentley - bought in 1998
Rolls-Royce.
Bugatti - bought in 1998
Lamborghini - bought in 1998
Scania AB - owns a controlling stake (about 71%). Tragaches, dump trucks, trucks, buses, and diesel engines are made.
MAN AG - a controlling stake (about 56%), bought in 2011. Also produce special equipment - tractors, dump trucks, trucks, buses, diesel and hybrid power plants.
Porche.
Ducati Motor Holding S.P.A - purchased in 2012, manufacturing premium class motorcycles.
Italdesign Giugiaro - 90.1% of the shares, bought in 2010, are engaged in the development of autodizain new models, as well as restyling old.
Suzuki Motor Corporation - owned a large stake in stock.
The brand "Aleko" - under which, was sold to everyone known "Moskvich", the rights to the brand belong to 2021.

This is only the Top Iceberg, the concern itself consists of 342 companies that are engaged in the production of cars, motorcycles, special equipment, engines, etc. In 2009, the world's largest corporation engaged in the production of vehicles. And of course keeps the championship in the European market for this period of time by machines of this brand occupied from 25 to 30% of all sales.

Actually, today it's all, I think the article is really useful to you. Sincerely your autobalkher.

Concern Volkswagen Group, he also Volkswagen Konzern, Volkswagen Group or VW Group is a group of automotive enterprises, the parent company among which is considered to be Volkswagen AG. Volkswagen Group headquarters is located in Wolfsburg. With the owners of the VW Group, not everything was unequivocally clear until 2012. Until these, Porsche SE owned 50.73% of Volkswagen AG shares, although the latter owned 100% of Porsche GmbH shares. At the moment, Porsche is fully owned by the VW GROUP.

Chapter Volkswgaen AG, and part-time and chairman of the Board Porsche SE is Martin Wintercorn.

The Volkswagen concern includes 342 companies, but not all of them are engaged in automotive production: many of them simply provide car related services. The VW Group has become many times the world's largest automaker, where it is traditionally fighting with General Motors, Toyota and Renault-Nissan.

In 1998 - 2002, being the owner of Bentley, concern Volkswagen Group. part-time produced prestigious Rolls-Royce cars, although this company had to conclude an agreement with BMW. However, since 2003, when BMW bought the rights to Rolls-Royce at Vickers, the production of Rolls-Royce cars remained the privilege of the Bavarian brand BMW.

In December 2009, Volkswagen Group concluded an agreement on the development of eco-friendly cars with the Japanese company Suzuki. At the same time, 20% of Suzuki shares got at the disposal of the German concern. The Alliance lasted for a long time: in the fall of 2011 he collapsed.

Corporate structure VW Group

Specializes in the release of passenger cars and is in direct subordination of the Volkswagen AG manual.

The last of the former members of the AUTO Union group, redeemed at the Daimler concern in 1964.

NSU Motorenwerke.. Belongs the VW Group since 1969 and is listed as part of Audi Division. As an independent brand is not used since 1977.

Since 1986, the German concern belonged 53% of the shares (controlling stake). This year, the VW GROUP has signed a contract for the purchase of SEAT from the state. In 1990, the VW Group became actually the sole owner of the SEAT: at its disposal there is a 99.99% of the shares of the Spanish automaker.

The VW GROUP has exceptional rights to order this Czech automaker since 1991.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.. Releases commercial cars: minibuses, buses and tractors. Until 1995, this unit was located as part of Volkswagen AG, but thanks to Bernd Vaideman, it became an independent division within the VW Group.

The company passed to the VW Group property in 1998, when it was sold to the British Concern Vichers. In the "load", the German concern also received Rolls-Royce, but without the right to the sole supply of cars under this brand, since the British brand itself sold to another German automaker - BMW.

The victims of the collapse after the failed supercar EB110, the French brand barely kept afloat until the VW Group was purchased in 1998.

The purchase of this Italian brand was concluded with Audi in 1998.

The German concern bought 70.94% of the shares of the Swedish truck manufacturer in 2009. Having a SCANIA testing package, the VW Group fully controls the release of saddle tractors, trucks and dump trucks, buses and diesel engines Under this brand.

A transaction for the purchase of a control package of MAN shares took place in 2011 (VW Group belongs to 55.9% of MAN shares). Under this brand produced saddle tractors, Trucks and dump trucks, buses, diesel and hybrid engines.

Since 2009, Porsche AG has belonged to the VW Group in the amount of 49.9% of the shares. In 2011, the Merge of Porsche and Volkswagen was broken, but in 2012 Volkswagen still bought Porsche, which made it 12 stamp in this group of companies. Since then, the VW Group has a 50.1% stake in Porsche, for which the company has posted 4.49 billion euros.

The Italian superbike manufacturer is owned by the Audi AG division from spring 2012. Investindustrial SPA buying a Ducati purchase deal with a German concern VW Group in $ 1.1 billion.

Since 2009, the VW Group has been one of the largest shareholders in Suzuki Motor Corporation.

As of 2013, the VW Group belongs to the Russian trademark "Moskvich". The right to use this brand and all its emblems belong to Volkswagenu until 2021.

VW Group owns 48 automotive enterprises: VW Group plants are in 15 European countries, six American, Asian and African countries. Group enterprises give work more than 370,000 people. Daily production exceeds 26,600 cars. Authorized VW Group sale and maintenance points are located in more than 150 countries.