Volkswagen Group of America

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Volkswagen of America
legal form Inc.
founding April 1955
Seat Herndon (Virginia) United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
management Scott Keogh, President and CEO
Number of employees approx. 8000
As of November 17, 2018

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWoA) is a US company of Volkswagen AG based in Herndon (Virginia) , United States. The main activity is the sale and financing of vehicles of the Volkswagen group as well as the production of some vehicle models. The company with around 8,000 employees is led by Scott Keogh.

history

Volkswagen Rabbit (1981)

The company, founded in 1955, had its first headquarters in Englewood Cliffs , New Jersey.

As early as 1973, Volkswagenwerk AG was considering building a production plant in the USA in order to avoid unfavorable exchange rates and high production costs in Germany .

After Volkswagen of America's sales had more than halved from 1973 to 1976, the Supervisory Board decided in 1976 to build an assembly plant in the USA. In April 1978 production of the Golf I, known as the Rabbit, began in the newly established factory near New Stanton in Westmoreland County (Pennsylvania) . Before that, Volkswagen of America only dealt with the national sales of imports from Germany and Mexico .

At the end of 1987, Volkswagen phased out production at the New Stanton plant and relocated production to Puebla , Mexico . In 1988 the company's headquarters were relocated to Troy (Michigan) , and in 1991 to Auburn Hills (Michigan) .

In April 2008 the Volkswagen Group of America moved into its new headquarters in "Ferdinand Porsche Drive" in Herndon (Virginia).

Group of companies

The Volkswagen Group of America, which has its headquarters in Herndon (Virginia), includes the following companies:

  • Audi of America, LLC
  • Bentley Motors Inc.
  • Bugatti of America
  • Automobili Lamborghini America LLC
  • Volkswagen of America
  • VW Credit, Inc.

The group of companies has almost 1,000 authorized dealers.

Locations

  • Corporate headquarters,
    • Herndon, Virginia

Models

The company sells the following models as standard:

a Also production in North America

as well as some imported models from Audi, Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SCOTT KEOGH NAMED HEAD OF VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA. In: media.vw.com. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c About Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Retrieved August 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ April 13, 1978 - 42 years ago today. In: Wolfsburger Nachrichten. Edition of April 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ Locations. Accessed August 8, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Portrait & production sites. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 (German).


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