Through the whole history of VW did they ever make anything other than cars??
Did they make motorbikes? I dunno but i was just thinking you know how mitsubishi makes cars? Well they also make airconditioners etc. I was just wondering if there was a similar case for VDoubleU

Like Hyundai making Ships, Elevators etc.

YES............Volkswagen also made.......................People Happy!

Unlike Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Toyota, etc, VW was only a car manufacturer. The previously mentioned are corporate groups that are made up of different companies that are in different manufacturing sectors.

Mitsubishi auto don't manufacture home air-conditioners, but are part of the same group of the same name.

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Originally posted by LUFTMEISTER YES............Volkswagen also made.......................People Happy!

Last good thing Mitsubishi made was the Zero and we shot the sh*t out of them

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Originally posted by LUFTMEISTER Last good thing Mitsubishi made was the Zero and we shot the sh*t out of them

Remember that 'Volkswagen' literally means 'people's car', so that gives you a clue that they are primarily a car maunfacturer.

However not everything is so black and white; there are a few examples.

Volkswagen has a thriving Marine Engine division, based around their high-tech TDI engines. You can buy VW marine engines ranging from 40 kW fours up to 300 kW based on the Audi V8.

Volkswagen manufactures their own bratwurst sausages and condiments such as ketchup, for consumption in the German factories. VW is quite proud of their recipes and visitors can sample them at the Autostadt. Volkswagen ketchup can sometimes be bought at German VW shows, and at some German VW dealers.

Volkswagen owns the VfL Wolfsburg football team that plays in the Bundesliga, and they built the 20,000 seat Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg. I imagine that production of jerseys, shorts, souvineers and other paraphenalia is contracted out.

VW doesn't make motorcycles, although two of their subsidiaries - DKW and NSU - once did. These companies became part of Audi in 1969 by which time they no longer made bikes.

Don't worry about what happened during the war. Today's VW company did not exist then, and was not incorporated until 1949. But for the record, the factory was also used to make war equipment ranging from camping stoves up to wing components for Heinkel bombers.

can't believe no one has mentioned that they also made flying vdubs.

WOW thanks for the relpies

haha and yea i reckon the zero was a nice plane but the spitfire or hurricane was better, even though they never went head to head........or did they?

and hyandai?? seriously, come dude. hehe

Yes from 1941 to around 1944 the Zero was the best fighter in the Pacific war, with superb climb and turn performance. They totally destroyed the Brewster Buffalos stationed in Singapore, and were superior to the P40s flown by the RAAF and the Americans - although the P40 was sturdier and could absorb more punishment.

I am not sure if the Hurricane and Zero ever met - the Brits may have flown them in Burma? But the RAAF certainly had Spitfires and they were better than the Zero in some areas and inferior in others. The Zero could turn tighter and had a faster roll and was better at low level; the Spitfire was faster and was better at altitude due to its twin stage supercharged engine. If they met at low level or with the Zero above you, he had the advantage. If the Spit was higher up and could dive on the Zero, then the Spit was in better position. The Japs had more Zeros than we had Spits though.

The Australian CAC Boomerang (a cut-down, souped up Wirriway) held its own against the Zero as it was sturdier and could take more punishment. The Zero was faster and more manouverable but was fragile due to a lack of armour (to keep the weight down). This was the weak spot that the Americans used to surpass the Zero after around 1944. Their Hellcat fighters were the Zero's equal in the sky but were far stronger. The P38 Lightning, F8F Bearcat and P51s were superior and, combined with overwhelming numbers by 1944, eventually wiped the Japs from the sky.

A hot-rodded Grumman Bearcat - 'Rare Bear' - competed in air races for years after the war and still holds the world record for piston-engined aircraft - 850.26 km/h - as well as the time-to-climb record - 0-3000m in 91 seconds. It still competes in air events in the US today.