Volkswagen Concern with Headquarters in Wolfsburg (Germany) is one of the world's leading and largest European automakers. In 2018, 10,834,000 cars were transferred to buyers around the world (in 2017 - 10,741,500 cars, in 2016 - 10,297,000 cars, in 2015 - 9,930,600 cars, in 2014 - 10 137,000 cars, In 2013 - 9,731,000 cars).

The concern includes twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen - passenger cars, Audi, Seat, Škoda, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen commercial cars, Scania and Man.

The lineup Concern covers a wide range vehicle from motorcycles and economical small car Luxury cars. In the segment of commercial cars are presented various options from pickups to buses and heavy trucks.

The Volkswagen concern is actively involved in other fields of business, for example, in the production of large-diameter diesel engines for marine and inpatient use (turnkey power plants), turbocompressors, gas and steam turbines, compressors and chemical reactors. The concern also produces automobile transmissions, special gearboxes for wind turbines, sliding and clutch bearings.

Moreover, concern Volkswagen. It offers a wide range of financial services, including dealer and customer financing, leasing, banking and insurance services and fleet management.

The Volkswagen concern has 123 plants in 20 European countries and 11 countries of North and South America, Asia and Africa. Each weekday of 642,292 employees of the concern around the world produce about 44,170 cars and work in other fields of business. Volkswagen Group sells its cars in 153 countries.

The task of the concern is the production of attractive and safe carsCompetitive on modern market and asking world standards for their class.

Strategy together 2025.

"Strategy together 2025" - the Volkswagen Group program, which is the beginning of the largest restructuring in the history of the company. Changes in one of the best automakers are aimed at achieving the leading position of the supplier of sustainable mobility. To do this, Volkswagen Group converts automotive production and plans to release more than 30 completely electric cars The new generation by 2025, paying special attention to the technology of charge of such vehicles and autonomous driving. The development of cross-branding and intellectual mobility solutions will also be one of the key activities of the company. Strategic partnership with GETT, established in 2016, was the first step in this direction; In the coming years, such services as robotic taxis and carcharing are combined. Successful transformation of the company also implies the development of innovation. Volkswagen Group improves digital technology in all brands and in all directions. At the same time, Volkswagen Group continues to develop partnership and strategic investment, increasing the effectiveness of its activities.

In this article we systematized the information so that you can easily find out whatVAG (WAG) and what enters its structure, as well as what brands cars are included in the concern VAG.We made brief conclusions on education and functioning VAG on December 1, 2019.

In the automotive world it is customary to use various abbreviations, which not every person can decipher the first time. After all, most of these abbreviations relate to road companies and concerns.

One of the most common and well-known abbreviations for several years remains VAG. Outowers' opinions on its decryption were divided. Many believe that this is simply a reduced version of Volkswagen, the other part argues that everything includes german cars, including Mercedes and BMW.

Let's try to figure out how it really is.

How is VAG (VAG) decrypted?

Previously, Abbreviation VAG deciphered as Volkswagen Audi Gruppebut currently it Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft. (Volkswagen AG). The second word in the title is "Joint Stock Company".

At the moment there is one official German name of the company - Volkswagen Konzern.which is translated as "Volkswagen Concern", and in English-speaking sources is the Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen Group of Companies). The headquarters of the group is located in Wolfsburg (Wolfsburg), Germany.

What brands of cars come to the concern VAG?

Today, the VAG concern includes 12 separate car marks: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen, Man, Scania, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Ducati.

At the end of the summer of 2009. Porsche SE and Volkswagen Group reached an agreement according to which Volkswagen and Porsche AG decided to unite by 2011.

By this time, about 50% of VAG shares belonged to the Porsche Holding. In the same place, VAG owns a 100% stake in the Intermediate Holding Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH, which has the right to produce Porsche AG cars.

The Volkswagen group includes car brands of the following brands:

• Audi. - The last automotive brand of the AUTO Union group acquired from Daimler-Benz in 1964.
• NSU Motorenwerke. - was purchased in 1969 and entered Audi Division. Not used as an independent brand from 1977.
• Seat. - The company's controlling stake (53%) was acquired by the state in 1986. Since 1990 The brand is practically the property of the Volkswagen Group concern, which owns 99.99% of the company's shares.
• Škoda. - bought in 1991.
• Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. (Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge) - was part of Volkswagen AG, but in 1995, thanks to Bernd Vaideman, the previous chairman of the Group, became an independent division within the Volkswagen Group. The division is engaged in the production of minibuses, buses and tractors.
• Bentley. - (1998) bought from the British Concern Vickers with Rolls-Royce, but can not independently produce cars under this brand, since the brand itself was sold by BMW.
• Bugatti. - (1998)
• Lamborghini. - (1998)
• Porsche.

The concern includes 342 companies engaged in the production of cars, motorcycles, special equipment, engines, etc.

Volkswagen Group owns 48 automotive enterprises in 15 European countries and six countries in 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, and authorized sales and car service are carried out in more than 150 countries of the world.

So concernVAG was created to absorb smaller car brands with large car giants. In our opinion, this was done for the following reasons:

1. Create imaginary competition among automotive manufacturers;
2. Dictate their price conditions on automotive market Europe.

The Volkswagen Group concern is one of the world's largest enterprises in the field of automotive industry. It is currently available to 12 companies:

Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Bentley, Man, Scania, Volkswagen Commercial Cars, Porsche and Ducati.

Some facts about each company that is part of the concern.

The beginning of the creation of Volkswagen was made in October 1933 in Berlin, where Adolf Hitler announced the need to create a reliable and inexpensive car for the people of Germany.

In the metal, the requirement of the Fuhrer in the metal was a brilliant designer Ferdinand Porsche, which introduced the drawings of the first car for the people in January 1934, which was named - "Folk Car" ("Volks-Wagen"). The basis of the folk car was the previously developed model Porsche TYP 60.

During World War II, the construction of Volkswagen was suspended, and the unfinished plant was republiced \u200b\u200bon the production of military products.

VW opened its units in 1959 in Brazil - "Volkswagen Do Brasil S.A.", and in Mexico "Volkswagen de Mexico S.A. De C.V."

The Golf I model that appeared in 1974 marked a new stage of competition in the production of compact cars, which began to be almost officially called the Golf Class.

Volkswagen presented the world cult cars and reliably occupies the first places in many automotive niches.

Autostadt (Autostadt) is a real city in the city with a length of more than 5 km and an area of \u200b\u200b25 hectares, which is a communications platform of the Volkswagen concern, individual brands and buyers. The complex is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Germany, which is annually visited by about 2 million people. AutoShtadt Volkswagen is located on the shore of the artificial canal between the center of Wolfsburg and the Volkswagen plant.

Volkswagen has its own football team (VFL "Wolfsburg") with a great home stadium Volkswagen Arena.

2. Volkswagen commercial cars

This is part of the Volkswagen Group concern, which is engaged in the release of commercial vehicles, such as minibuses, buses, pickups, trucks and saddle tractors.

Initially, this unit was one part with VW, but in 1995 Dr. Bernd Vidman (Dr Bernd Wiedemann), the former Chairman of the Board of Volkswagen Commercial Cars, announced the allocation of a unit into an independent production unit of the Group.

The Audi concern was formed as a result of the unification of four companies that produce cars and motorcycles under the brands of DKW, Horch, Audi and Wanderer. On June 29, 1932, Audi, Horch and DKW plants were united in AUTO Union AG, the symbol of which the famous four rings became.

In 1964, the company entered Volkswagen. In 1965, it was decided to issue all new models of the inconsistency of the concern under audi brand. At first, after the absorption, Volkswagen did not want Audi to develop their own cars. They were going to produce a model VW "Beetle" on the capacity of the enterprise. But Ludwig Kraus, who was at the time the head of the design department, decided to develop the model secretly from all. The result of his work was the Audi 100 model, which appeared in 1968.

In 1993, Audi Group was formed, in which the Hungarian and Brazilian division was entered over time, the British Cosworth Technology was absorbed, the Italian Automobili Lamborghini and the Spanish Seat.

4. Automobili Lamborghini S.P.A. (Briefly: Lamborghini) - Italian company, manufacturer of expensive sports cars. Located in the village of Sant "Agata Bolognese, near Bologna. The company was founded in 1963 by Ferrucco Lamborgini.

In 1978, due to the oil crisis, the company declared itself bankrupt. During the next 20 years, Automobili Lamborghini belonged to Chrysler Corporation, and then M'Tec (MegaTech). In 1998, the owner of the company became Audi AG.

The history of the SEAT brand originates in 1919. Then the Italian firm FIAT decides to open his branch in the town of Martel, the suburbs of Barcelona. November 13, 1953 from the conveyor of the plant in Marterel, the first SEAT car went.

On September 30, 1982, the cooperation agreement was signed with the SEAT cooperation with the Volkswagen Group concern, and on June 9, 1986, Volkswagen acquired 51% of the actions of the Spanish company. By 1990, Volkswagen Group became the full owner of the SEAT.

The first cars under the Skoda brand were released in 1919.16 April 1991, an agreement was signed on the sale of a share of 31% owned by ŠKODA, A.A. VAG companies for 620 million brands.

In December 1995, VAG increased its share to 70% by paying 1.4 billion grades. In January 1998, the company changed the name on ŠKODA AUTO, A.S. The final control of VAG received in May 2000, when the remaining share of 30% was redeemed for 12.3 billion crowns.

A more detailed history of the Skoda brand can be found on our.

Ettore Bugatti founded his firm in 1909. Sports cars Type 16 and Type 18 were manufactured in 1914. On the European Grand Prix in 1924, all the first four places were taken by Bugatti Type 35. Today, Bugatti is focused on the release of expensive sports cars.

Brand Bugatti was acquired by the Volkswagen AG concern in 1998. The first of the cars presented by them became fiberglass EB118 with a body coupe created by the stylist of Italdesign Fabrizio Judjaro.

In 2005, the Volkswagen concern begins mass production of a new unique model that received the official name Bugatti Veyron 16.4.

8. Bentley - British company specializing in the production of exclusive expensive carsnot available to everyone.

The history of the English automaker Bentley began on January 18, 1919, when Walter Owen Bentley, together with F. Barjes and G. Warlem developed their first car with an unprecedented 3-liter engine for those times.

Since 1930, Bentley has been producing luxury cars.

In 1952 Bentley introduced the Continental model. It was a sports two-door car, which acquired the fame of the most high-speed serial sedan.

Bentley still produces various options for the Continental model, which are distinguished by the magnificent quality of the interior decoration (skin from Conolli, panels of rare wood or polished aluminum panels) and a thoughtful chassis design.

The most powerful Continental T with a shortened base and a 6.8-liter turbo video of the Vickers design develops 426 hp And rightly considered one of the most expert coupe of the world.

Since 1998, Bentley has been part of the Volkswagen Group concern.

9. MAN SE is a German engineering company specializing in the production of trucks, buses and engines. Educated in 1758, previously wore the name Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG (Machine Factory Augsburg-Nuremberg, JSC). Headquarters is located in Munich.

From January 1943 to April 1945 inclusive MAN produced PZ KPFW V tanks by Panther for the order of Reich.

In 1951, the company has developed the first German diesel engine for trucks with a turbocharger operating on the exhaust gases.

In 1962, MAN excused Porsche Diesel Motorenbau (this is a Porsche KG division for production diesel tractors In the 1950s and early 1960s.).

In 1979, MAN began cooperation with Volkswagen on the middle class trucks, which received the MAN-VW brand.

To date, the main shareholder of the company MAN is the Volkswagen Group concern (75.03%), the other shares are in free circulation. In March 2013, VW put a preliminary proposal to buy the remainder of the MAN shares. The issue of buying a company will consider the Board of Directors of MAN SE at the annual meeting on June 6.

10.Scania AB - Swedish manufacturer of trucks, buses and industrial and marine engines, produces buses since 1920. Headquarters is located in Sötratel, Sweden.

In 1969, Scania unites with the Swedish Saab firm. But their cooperation lasted long, and since 1995, Scania has again become an independent company.

The largest shareholders: Volkswagen AG (70.94%), MAN (17.37%).

Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche AG (Full name Doktor Ingenieur Honoris Causa Ferdinand Porsche Aktiengesellschaft - Joint-Stock Company Honorary Doctor of Engineering Sciences Ferdinand Porsche) - German Engineering Company, founded by the famous designer Ferdinand Porsche in 1931. Headquarters and Manufactory is located in Stuttgart, Germany.

In 1939, the company's first car was developed - Porsche 64, which became the progenitor of all future Porsche, and in 1963 the most famous model of the company was presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show - Porsche 911.

In December 2009, a 49.9% of the company's shares acquired Volkswagen AG. In August 2012, VW finally swallowed Porsche.

12.Ducati Motor Holding S.P.A. - Italian motorcycle manufacturer.

Ducati was founded in 1926 in Bologna. The founders of the company were the brothers Andriano and Marcello Dukati. Both were interested in radio engineering, so the company's production was performed the first direction of the company. In the 20s of the 20th century, the demand for a horn, loudspeakers did their job, and the company developed perfectly.

After World War II, demand for radio equipment has fallen sharply, and the company has passed under state management. At that time, it was important for Italy to create a cheap means of movement, so the activity of Ducati retrained to the production of motorbikes and cycobills.

Already in the early 1950s, Ducati won half the Italian market of motorbikes. By this time, motorcycles of light type became increasingly popular.

Since July 2012, Ducati has been a division of Audi AG.

Also Volkswagen Group is one of the largest shareholders japanese companies Suzuki Motor Corporation.

Today we'll talk about Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft that literally translates from German as Volkswagen Joint Stock Company. Yes, yes, it is so described by VAG, although in our country everything is used to thinking that Vag is Volkswagen Audi Group, but it is rather popular name.

More Vag is sometimes called Volkswagen Konzern, Volkswagen Group, VW Group.

Let's figure out what Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft is. This joint stock company includes 342 companies that are engaged in the production of cars and everything connected with it. Inside the company, there is a small legal confusion that does not give a clear idea of \u200b\u200bthe owner of the concern. Volkswagen partially belongs to the Porsche Automobil Holding SE Holding, if more accurately 50.73%. In turn, Volkswagen AG owns 49.9% Holding Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH. That is, today it is such a car giant consisting of Volkswagen and Porsche. The company is even negotiated to merge into a single structure of Volkswagen Porsche.

Nevertheless, how did it turn out that one company owns so car brands? The thing is that at the end of the last century Volkswagen experiencing serious financial difficulties. 1993 Ferdinand Piech was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of the Concern, who helped to get a company from the deepest crisis.

He managed to optimize the work of the enterprise and get out of the crisis at the same time weak car stamps at that time.

What brands come in Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft?

1. - Luggage cars

2. - The company was purchased from Daimler-Benz in 1964.

3. - The company was acquired in 1991.

4. - Italian brand of passenger cars which was purchased from the state in 1986.

5.Bentley - a premium segment cars, Mark was purchased in 1998.

6.Lamborghini - the automotive company producing supercars belonging to the company Audi who bought it in 1998.

7.Porsche - We have already told about confusion with shares, but still it is believed that Porsche is part of Volkswagen.

8.DUCATI MOTOR - Mark brand little-known at the SIS, but very popular abroad, is engaged in the production of premium motorcycles, Audi also acquired in 2012.

Scania AB - 70% of the shares were acquired in 2009, the company produces saddle tractors and trucks, which by the way are in great demand in the Russian Federation

Man - 56% of the shares were purchased in 2011. Companies are also engaged in the production of saddle tractors, trucks, dump trucks and buses.

There is another company called Volkswagen Comercial Vehicles which is engaged in the release of commercial vehicles. These are machines like Volkswagen Crafter.

Some facts about VAG

2005 Concern produced 5, 22 million cars

In 2006, the concern sold 5.72 million cars, net profit for this period amounted to 2.75 billion euros (Hi AvtoVAZ)

Volkswagen Konzern (Rus. Concern "Volkswagen", in English-speaking sources - Volkswagen Group, sometimes a VW Group - German Automotive Concern (Group of Companies). The head (maternal) company Concern is the Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, more often known as Volkswagen AG (previously VAG - Abbrevia decrypt Like Volkswagen Audi Gruppe). The company's headquarters is located in Wolfsburg (Wolfsburg), Germany. The company is named Volkswagen (Him. Volkswagen) - "Folk Car". For September 2011, 50.73% of Volkswagen AG voting shares belongs to Holding Porsche SE. In turn, Volkswagen AG owns 100% ordinary shares of the intermediate holding Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH, and Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH owns 100% shares of the manufacturer of prestigious Porsche AG cars. Negotiations are underway to merge into a single VW-PORSCHE structure. Currently Martin Winterkorn It is simultaneously chairman of the Board of Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG. Concern Vol Kswagen consists of 342 car manufacturing companies and related services. 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 (2009). From July 1998 to December 2002, the Volkswagen Bentley division produced cars under the Rolls-Royce brand by agreement with BMW, which acquired the rights to this brand from the Vickers Concern. Since 2003, only BMW can produce cars under the Rolls-Royce brand. In December 2009, Volkswagen Group joined the Alliance with Japanese Suzuki, having excavated with the last packages of stocks (the Germans received 20% of Suzuki shares) and announced the joint development of eco-friendly cars. In less than two years, in September 2011, the decay of this alliance was announced. VOLKSWAGEN group units are: Volkswagen (cars) - Currently part of the concern engaged in production passenger carshas not been issued as a subsidiary of a joint-stock company, and directly submits the leadership of Volkswagen AG. Audi is the last car mark of the AUTO Union group purchased from Daimler-Benz in 1964. NSU Motorenwerke - was purchased in 1969 and entered Audi Division. Not used as an independent brand since 1977. Seat - the company's controlling stake (53%) was acquired by the state in 1986. Since 1990, Mark has been practically the property of the Volkswagen Group concern, which owns a 99.99% stake in the company. Škoda - the company was acquired in 1991. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge) - was part of Volkswagen AG, but in 1995, thanks to the efforts of Berend Vaidaman, the previous chairman of the group, became an independent division within the Volkswagen Group. The division is engaged in the production of commercial vehicles: minibuses, buses and tractors. Bentley Company was purchased in 1998 at the British Vickers Concern with Rolls-Royce, but cannot independently produce cars under this brand, since the brand itself was sold by BMW. Bugatti - Mark was purchased in 1998. Lamborghini - the company was acquired by Audi's subsidiary in 1998. Scania AB is a controlling stake in the company (70.94%) was acquired in 2009. Produces truck tractors, trucks and dump trucks, buses and diesel engines. Man AG - the company's controlling stake (55.9%) was acquired in 2011. Manufacturer saddle tractacles, trucks and dump trucks, buses, diesel and hybrid engines. Porsche - 49.9% of Porsche AG purchased in 2009. By 2011, a merger was planned with the maternal Porsche SE in order to create a single integrated automotive company, but that did not happen. Merge Porsche and Volkswagen was postponed indefinitely. And finally, in 2012, Volkswagen concern completed a transaction to acquire Porsche, which made it 12 stamp as part of the German group. The transaction was closed after the acquisition of 50.1 percent of Porsche shares, which cost the concern at 4.49 billion euros and one ordinary share. Volkswagen Group is one of the largest shareholders of the Japanese company Suzuki Motor Corporation. Ducati Motor Holding S.P.A. - One of the leading manufacturers of premium motorcycles, acquired by the Volkswagen Group - Audi AG division - 18.04.2012 from Investindustrial SPA for $ 1.1 billion as well as 2013 Volkswagen is the owner of the Russian trademark "Moskvich". The right to use the brand and all emblems is preserved for "Volkswagen" until 2021. In March 1991, in order to optimize the organizational structure of Volkswagen, a domestic division called Volkswagen Finanz is formed, which in January 1994 receives independence inside the concern, as the Volkswagen Financial Services closed joint-stock company. 100% of the share capital belong to the Volkswagen Group concern. As a banking and financial structure, Volkswagen Financial Services gets access to international financial markets and the possibility of financing projects on favorable conditions . 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 as of December 31, 2009 amounted to more than 60.2 billion euros. Volkswagen Financial Services employ more than 5,000 people around the world, including 3,600 employees working in Germany itself, are operating in Volkswagen FINANCIAL SERVICES. The division is engaged in: financing production and purchase 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; In 2010, the VOLKSWAGEN Group revenue accounted for € 57.243 billion, net profit - € 1.55 billion in 2009, despite the global crisis and the overall decline in car sales, the company managed to increase the sale 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). At the enterprises of the group there are more than 370 thousand people. In 2005, the concern produced 5219.5 thousand and sold 5192.6 thousand 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 - € 1.12 billion (€ 697 million in 2004). Volkswagen Group production owns 48 by automotive enterprises in 15 European countries and in six countries of America, Asia and Africa. The Group's enterprises employ 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. In May 2009, the plans of the corporate merger of the Porsche AG and Volkswagen companies at this stage were announced at this stage, negotiations were suspended due to the insufficient clarity of the financial position of Porsche. Volkswagen Group In Russia On May 29, 2006, Volkswagen Group 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 area of \u200b\u200bthe city of Kaluga, in Trebtsevo Technopark. At the end of July 2007, the EBRD, which is one of the project lenders, appreciated the total cost of the project, including the cost of organizing component production, in 1.042 billion euros. Initially, the plant opened on November 28, 2007, produced ŠKODA Octavia cars in the amount of no more than 20 thousand cars per year on SKD technology (Semi Knocked Down - assembling cars from large blocks or "large-sized assembly"). In October 2009, a full-fledged CKD car assembly line was launched at the factory (Completely Knocked Down - a complete assembly of a car from finished parts, including body welding). First, the CKD method produced ŠKODA OCTAVIA and Volkswagen Tiguan, in 2010, in 2010, Škoda Fabia was launched and specially designed for russian market Volkswagen. Polo Sedan.. It is expected that after the opening of the new production, the plant will be able to produce up to 150`000 cars per year (including Audi A4, A5, Q5, A6 and Q7 - all by the method of large-sized assembly). The number of workers in the factory in 2010 will be increased to 3 thousand people on January 12, 2009, there was a reorganization in the form of joining two Russian subsidiaries. Volkswagen Group Rus LLC joined the company Volkswagen Rus LLC. The first was registered in Moscow in 1999 (until 2003 it was called Volkswage Group Group LLC) and was an imported structure that manages sales and after-sales service. The second was created in 2006 in Kaluga to manage the new plant where they collect volkswagen cars And Škoda. According to the company, the merger will simplify the coordination between Kaluga and Moscow, and will also allow combining personnel and finance. The general director of the new structure was the Ditmar Korcecva (since 2010 - Marcus Ozhegrovich). In October 2009, a large-sized assembly was made at the factory in Kaluga the following models: Skoda Octavia., Octavia Combi, Octavia Tour, Octavia RS, Octavia Scout, Škoda Superb, Škoda Roomster, Škoda Fabia, Škoda Fabia Combi, Škoda Yeti, Volkswagen Passat., Volkswagen Passat CC, Volkswagen Tiguan, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Touareg, Volkswagen Jetta., Volkswagen T5, Volkswagen T5 Lang, Volkswagen Caddy and Volkswagen Caddy Maxy. Since 2012, Volkswagen has begun to produce cars and the Gas factory in Nizhny Novgorod. The cooperation agreement with the Russian Gas Group was signed on June 14, 2011. In the lower nobody, the issue of Volkswagen Jetta, Skoda Octavia and Škoda Yeti brands are planned. At the beginning of 2013, the production of the total Skoda Yeti cycle was mastered in Nizhny Novgorod. In the coming time in line, other models. At the end of October 2009, Volkswagen Group Rus LLC announced work on the project of the B-class budget sedan created on the basis of the Polo Hatchback specifically for the 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.