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What brands does Audi include?
Eight brands owned by Volkswagen.

German Volkswagen owns: Bentley, Volkswagen, Skoda, Audi, Bugatti, Seat (Spanish brand), Lamborghini and new Porsche.

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1, Audi

Audi is now a subsidiary of Volkswagen, headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany, with an annual output of about 450,000 cars. The main products are A3 series, A4 series, A series, A8 series and convertible.

And sports car series. Holsey, the founder of Audi Automobile Company, has been engaged in machinery manufacturing for a long time after graduating from college. It integrates theory, practice and experience. Later, Holsey finally realized his wish to design a car. for

In order to realize his original career ideal, he went through many twists and turns and named his new company as Audi in 19 10. These letters are prefixes of the Latin name of his former company.

Audi's logo is four rings, representing the four companies before the merger. These companies used to be manufacturers of bicycles, motorcycles and passenger cars. Since the company was originally formed by the merger of four companies, each link is a symbol of one of them.

2. Volkswagen

1937 On May 28th, Ferdi's Nantes Porsche founded Volkswagen Development Company with the support of Mercedes-Benz, and in September of the same year, it was changed to Volkswagen Co., Ltd., the largest and youngest German automobile company. It is an international group company headquartered in Fort Worth.

Volkswagen's German Volks Wagenwerk means a car used by the public, and VW in the logo is the first letter of the full name.

The logo consists of three "V's" consisting of the middle finger and the index finger, indicating that Volkswagen and its products will win together.

3. Bentley

Bentley founded his own car company on 1920 and began to design and manufacture the sports car he had dreamed of for many years. Bentley sports car was a great success during the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1923- 1929.

4. Skoda

The history of Skoda Company can be traced back to 1894, and it is one of the five earliest automobile manufacturers in the world.

Skoda Company has nearly 20,000 employees and hundreds of domestic and foreign suppliers. 199 1 16 In April, Skoda Company became a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group, and Volkswagen Group purchased the company.

In 2000, it acquired 70% shares of Kodak and the remaining 30% shares, and Skoda became the fourth largest brand of German Volkswagen after VW (Volkswagen), AUDI (Audi) and SEAT (Seat).

Skoda automobile has successfully entered Europe, Asia, Middle East, South America, Africa and other regions with its high cost performance, durability, high safety, excellent handling and comfort, and is favored by consumers. In addition to its market share of more than 50% in China, it is very popular in Germany, Britain and Poland in western Europe and has a good market performance.

Skoda's logo retains the winged arrow in the original trademark. This flying arrow symbolizes the company's unlimited creativity, expresses the company's strong desire to achieve the highest goal, and embodies the company's seriousness and conscientious work.

The circle around has been expanded, with "Skoda" at the top and "automatic" at the bottom. The background color of the logo is green, symbolizing hope, reflecting the strong consciousness of attaching importance to environmental protection and symbolizing the infinity of the enterprise.

Vigor indicates that this century-old factory will be rejuvenated.

5. Lamborghini

Lamborghini was founded in 1962, named after the founder Lamborghini, and is famous for producing V 12 engines. In 1970s, the famous Broadcom design company designed a unique sports car with a body of only1m.

High, the door is gull-wing, the hood and the front windshield form an integral smooth slope, giving people a strong sense of movement. This kind of car body is Lamborghini and Contash of Di Apollo, both of which are called the fastest sports cars in the world, and the speed can reach 365,438+05 km/h and 330 km/h. ..

Lamborghini's symbol is a head full of strength and ready to launch a fierce attack on his opponent. It is said that Lamborghini himself is not to be outdone, which also reflects the product characteristics of Lamborghini, because the cars produced by the company are all high-power and high-speed sports cars. The company name is omitted from the trademarks at the front and rear of the car, leaving only a stubborn cow.

6.bugatti

Bugatti is a famous Italian car. Eitor Bugatti was born in an artistic family. He not only has profound attainments in art, but also has a deep understanding of various mechanical design techniques. Therefore, he naturally combines technology and art, making people confused which works are works of art and which are technical works. This is the unique artistic style of Bugatti.

The English letter in Bugatti's trademark is Bugatti, and the above EB is the English pinyin abbreviation of Eitor Bugatti. A circle of dots around symbolizes ball bearings, and the background color is red.

7. Seats

SEAT is the largest automobile company in Spain, founded in Barcelona, 1950. Now it belongs to a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG in Germany.

At the beginning of its establishment, SEAT Automobile Company mainly produced the models of Italian Fiat Automobile Company, and its market share in Spain reached 60%. By the 1970s, its market share had dropped to 33%, resulting in serious losses. 1983, Volkswagen Germany purchased most of the shares of SEAT, and jointly operated SEAT with another joint venture, the Spanish government, making SEAT a subsidiary of Volkswagen.

Needless to say, Porsche has just been acquired.