Historical Notes A series of publications from the Volkswagen Communications Corporate Archives Wolfsburg. Here is the history of Volkswagen document from early history, the beginning, Armaments production and forced labour, British trusteeship, The federal company, The stock corporation complete on single PDF document. With a holding of 18.7% in the Swedish motor manufacturer Scania AB, Volkswagen AG took the latest and most important step to date for extending its position on the international commercial vehicle market. at 31st May, The VW Group opened the “AutoStadt” in Wolfsburg.

This exciting services and communication centre would in future see the processing of direct sales of vehicles, handed over to customers in the Customer Centre. As “Center of Excellence” the AutoStadt inaugurated an innovative ser- vice, through which Volkswagen would strengthen the ties linking customers with the Group brands, and reach new groups of customers.