Description: (provided by the company) | Volkswagen (VW) leads the Continent as Europe's #1 carmaker. Along with Golf and the New Beetle, VW's annual production of 5 million cars, trucks, and vans include such models as Passat, Touareg, Phaeton, and Fox. VW also owns a garage full of luxury carmakers -- AUDI, Lamborghini, Bentley, and Bugatti. Other makes include SEAT (family cars, Spain) and SKODA (family cars, the Czech Republic). VW operates plants in Africa, the Americas, the Asia/Pacific region, and Europe. It also holds 34% of the voting rights in Swedish truck maker Scania. VW's other interests include consumer financing and Europcar (car rental). |