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Originally Posted by dsm2925
I have hear VW owns a few brands a few times// Which brands do they own?
i know they own Audi
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and Audi is the best selling luxury brand in Europe. Porsche and Lamborghini and mixed in with Audi/VW as well.
Herre is what Wiki says;
Volkswagen Group (
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft) is a German
automobile manufacturing group, currently the
third largest automobile maker in the world,
[4] and the largest in Europe.
Porsche Automobil Holding SE holds a majority of voting rights within the company.
[5]
Although it operates worldwide, Volkswagen Group's core
market is
continental Europe. Of its car
brands,
Volkswagen Passenger Cars is its mainstream
marque, and the Group's major
subsidiaries also include well-known car marques like
Audi,
SEAT,
Škoda,
Lamborghini,
Bentley, and
Bugatti. The Group also has operations in
commercial vehicles, owning
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, along with a controlling stake in
Scania AB and a 29.9% stake in
MAN AG.
Volkswagen's second-largest market is China where its subsidiary,
Volkswagen Group China is by far the second largest
joint venture automaker.
The
Volkswagen Golf is the third bestselling car in the world, selling over 25 million cars through 2006. In 2007 the Volkswagen Group sold 6.19 million automobiles, claiming over 10% of the world passenger car market.[
citation needed] In late 2007, the company openly reported that they plan to double sales, overtake
Toyota and become the world's largest automaker by 2018.
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