History of the VW
It was Ferdinand Porsche who was the founder of Volkswagen.
It is said that he was indeed a technical genius and was employed by a great number of car companies eg Austro-Daimler, Mercedes, Daimler-Benz to name a few.
In 1930 he opened his own design company. In 1931 he asked his team of staff to start designing a car with a water cooled three cylinder engine. This should also have independent suspension and be able to accommodate 4 adults. The aim was to keep the costs as low as possible to make it affordable to the masses.
In 1932 he found a partner in Zundapp. Originally three prototypes were produced using his original design which was equipped with a new engine. Unfortunately however the engine turned out to have a severe cooling problem and melted after ten minutes of running. Zundapp decided to opt out of the project.
NSU a motor cycle manufacturer decided to join forces and a new cooled 4 cylinder engine was built. The engine was placed in the rear to avoid the traditional transmission with a separate gear box, drive shaft & rear axle. Unfortunately due to the economy in Germany at the time NSU decided to withdraw and Porche was once again on his own.
In 1933 at the Berlin Motor Show Adolf Hitler announced his ideas to produce a small car for the people of Germany. Porche and Hitler were to join forces and a consequently a contract was signed in 1934. The prototypes were intended to be built by RDA, which was the German Auto Manufacturers Association. RDA were soon to realise that this had a chance to be successful and this they did not want. They deliberately delayed the project which made Porsche miss the deadline and thus made him lose his contract. However Hitler knew this and placed the entire project under government supervision. The 3 prototypes were delivered in 1936.
To this day the VW has remained almost identical in design. It has a reputation for being a highly dependable car and indeed Volkswagen van leasing is a very popular alternative as they have such a solid history behind them.
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