did adolf hitler start the volkswagen car company?

Answer 1

NO...

Volkswagen AG, or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the core of Volkswagen Group, one of the world's four largest car producers.

The name means "people's car" in German, in which it is pronounced [ˈfɔlksˌvaːgən]. Its German tagline is "Aus Liebe zum Automobil", which is translated as "For the love of the car" - or, "For Love of the People's Cars," as translated by VW in other languages.

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Though the origins of the company date back to the 1930s, the design for the car that would become known as the Beetle / "Käfer" date back even further, as a pet project by car designer Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951). Adolf Hitler's desire that almost anybody should be able to afford a car coincided with this design—although much of this design was inspired by the advanced Tatra cars of Hans Ledwinka.

Hitler, who had a keen interest in cars even though he didn't drive, demanded Porsche make changes to the original design to make it more suited for the working man. According to the historian Richard Evans, Hitler personally designed the distinctive rounded shape of the car he desired Porsche to build. Changes included better fuel efficiency, reliability, ease of use, and economically efficient repairs and parts. The intention was that ordinary Germans would buy the car by means of a savings scheme ("Fünf Mark die Woche musst Du sparen, willst Du im eigenen Wagen fahren" — "Save five Marks a week, if you desire to drive your own car") which around 336,000 people eventually paid into. Volkswagen honored its savings agreements after World War II; Ford, which had a similar "coupon" savings system, reportedly did not. Prototypes of the car called the "Kdf-Wagen" (German: Kraft durch Freude = "strength through joy"), appeared from 1936 onwards (the first cars had been produced in Stuttgart). The car already had its distinctive round shape and air-cooled, flat-four, rear-mounted engine, features similar to the Tatra. The VW car was just one of many KdF programs which included things such as tours and outings.

Erwin Komenda, the longstanding Porsche chief designer, developed the car body of the prototype, which was recognizably the Beetle we know today. It was one of the first to be designed with the aid of a wind tunnel; unlike the Chrysler Airflow, it would be a success.
A Volkwagen "Beetle" in Melbourne, Australia, in 2006
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A Volkwagen "Beetle" in Melbourne, Australia, in 2006

The new factory in the new town of KdF-Stadt, now called Wolfsburg, purpose-built for the factory workers, only produced a handful of cars by the time war started in 1939. None were actually delivered to holders of the completed saving stamp books, though one Type 1 Cabriolet was presented to Hitler on his fiftieth birthday, in 1938.

War meant production changed to military vehicles, the Type 81 Kübelwagen utility vehicle (VW's most common wartime model) and the amphibious Schwimmwagen.

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did adolf hitler start the volkswagen car company?

Answer 5

More or less yes. He commisioned Mr. Porsche to design a cheap car that could hold 4 people and run all day long. when the war started he used volkswagen to build his kdf-wagen for the war. The voklswagen or "people's car" translated from german was Hitler's idea and since none of the german car companies would build his cheap car her created volkswagen.

Answer 6

Yes he was one of the main partners in VW .He demanded all Vws to be under certain amounts of deutschmarks,the car had to be aerodynamic.The car had to be capable of 100 km per hour and the car must be cheap to build but using sturdy materials so the German people are satisfied.Fernandid Porsche designed the original beetle prototype but Adolf himself drew up a more aerodynamic beetle.The Classic beetles are drawn upon the basically the one Hitler designed himself.Funny how it became a hippis car after being a symbol of nazism.Volkswagen AG, or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the core of Volkswagen Group, one of the world's four largest car producers.

The name means "people's car" in German, in which it is pronounced [ˈfɔlksˌvaːgən]. Its German tagline is "Aus Liebe zum Automobil", which is translated as "For the love of the car" - or, "For Love of the People's Cars," as translated by VW in other language

Answer 7

he assisted in the beginning. he wanted to make a car that the people could afford, hence the name volkswagen- "people's car" or "car for the people"

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

The car was introduced during his reign.
I guess you could say yes.