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 posted on February 11th, 2011 at 10:11 PM |
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Random curiosity
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
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| posted on February 11th, 2011 at 11:16 PM |
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Like Hyundai making Ships, Elevators etc.
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| posted on February 11th, 2011 at 11:30 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by bennybug
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
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They made parts during the war..
Porsche designed many things....
maybe they made Large guns, tanks???
but after the war....
only Beetles.... then type 2s type 3s type 4s etc...
plus odd other vehicles...
they also made Generator/welder sets with the beetle engine
right up into the 70's...
I don't know of any other non auto items....
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| posted on February 11th, 2011 at 11:33 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Like Hyundai making Ships, Elevators etc.
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Hyundai is a large manufacturer of many things including heavy machinery... Air Conditioners TVs etc...
and I nearly forgot... the odd car too... lol
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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 07:35 AM |
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YES............Volkswagen also made.......................People Happy!  
Customer service is not dead in Australia.
Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools
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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 08:02 AM |
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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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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 08:09 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by LUFTMEISTER
YES............Volkswagen also made.......................People Happy!
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Not technically built by VW at vw factory but VW industrial engines have been used to power almost everything under the sun.
Big mobile air compressors, fire fighting pumps and generators are the most common but the Railways used them alot for powering refrigeration
compressors and such even fork lifts.
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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 08:32 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by helbus
Like Hyundai making Ships, Elevators etc.
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Hyundai is a large manufacturer of many things including heavy machinery... Air Conditioners TVs etc...
and I nearly forgot... the odd car too... lol
LEE
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They can't make a good car, and they certainly can't make a good piece of earthmoving equipment.
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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 08:35 AM |
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Last good thing Mitsubishi made was the Zero and we shot the sh*t out of them
Customer service is not dead in Australia.
Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools
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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 03:33 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by LUFTMEISTER
Last good thing Mitsubishi made was the Zero and we shot the sh*t out of them
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first good thing they made was the Zero....
it was a great aircraft from the start of the war until the finish..
its just Japan ran out of good pilots.... KAMAKAZE..
ANY WW2 pilot who fought against them said that...
As Said, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation MMC... doesn't make TVs & air conditioners etc...
only cars and trucks..
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| posted on February 13th, 2011 at 07:41 PM |
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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.
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| posted on February 13th, 2011 at 08:27 PM |
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can't believe no one has mentioned that they also made flying vdubs.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on February 13th, 2011 at 10:32 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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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.
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They also make quite a few diesel engines that are used in ride on lawn mowers and forklifts.
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| posted on February 13th, 2011 at 11:32 PM |
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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
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| posted on February 14th, 2011 at 06:53 AM |
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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.
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