As we all know, it is a giant enterprise in the automobile industry in the world today, with 12 well-known automobile brands, and its sales volume ranked among the top three in the world in 2010. Behind all these shining titles, audi ag has experienced numerous interests struggles and countless money baptisms. If these Volkswagen-owned car brands are like brave soldiers, then the Volkswagen Group is undoubtedly the "commander in chief" who is strategizing and winning thousands of miles away. Today, this article will let the editor take you into the Volkswagen family, travel to that era, feel the interests you come and go together, spend money like water, and count the anecdotes of Volkswagen Group and its brands for you.

● Background introduction of audi ag.

　　Audi ag was founded in 1937, and the company is headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany, mainly engaged in automobile manufacturing and sales. At present, Volkswagen Group is the largest enterprise in Germany, and in 2010, it became the world’s largest car company with the largest sales volume, ranking 12th among the world’s top 500 companies. Volkswagen has factories in many countries around the world, and currently employs more than 500,000 people.

● The top 12 brands of German audi ag:

　　I believe that many netizens are familiar with the background of Volkswagen. However, before starting this article, please allow me to say one more word. Let’s first get to know the 12 brands owned by audi ag, namely: Volkswagen,,,,,, Scania, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle,, MAN and the newly acquired motorcycle brand Ducati. The editor of this article will start with the brand battle between Volkswagen and Porsche, and give you a brief introduction of five brands acquired by Volkswagen and their stories with Volkswagen.

● This is the same root, why is it too urgent to fry! -Volkswagen Porsche’s 80-year-old feud.

　　For example, if I want to describe the relationship between Volkswagen and Porsche, I really can only think of the words "What’s the hurry?". After more than 80 years of feud and entanglement, the two giant brands have experienced countless undercurrent struggles for interests, and finally the "war" has come to an end temporarily after Volkswagen’s counterattack. For the story between them, let’s start from the beginning and tell you in detail the grievances between Volkswagen and Porsche.

　　Speaking of the relationship between Volkswagen and Porsche, we have to mention an old man, that is, ferdinand porsche, the founder of Porsche and Volkswagen. The founding of Volkswagen was also closely related to Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi organization in Germany at that time. It was Hitler’s idea of producing a Volkswagen that only sold 990 marks in 1936 that made the world’s leading car established today. At that time, ferdinand porsche was a famous German automobile designer. He was ordered to lead a group of laborers to start the production of this kind of cheap car, and in 1937, he established "Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutsches Volkswagen MBH" (Volkswagen Company).

　　At this point, you may feel strange. Isn’t this ferdinand porsche the founder of Porsche? How did you get involved with the public again? Indeed, ferdinand porsche established the Porsche brand as early as 1931. At that time, Volkswagen was just a cheap car brand that he was "ordered to build" according to the requirements of Hitler’s Nazi government. It can be said that since the day Volkswagen was established, it was destined to be inextricably linked with Porsche.

　　Let’s take a look at some genealogies of the Porsche family, and we will know how close Porsche is to the Volkswagen family. First of all, ferdinand porsche’s son Ferry Porsche and grandson Wolfgang Porsche have been running Porsche Automobile Company. Wolfgang Porsche is still the owner of Porsche Automobile, while his daughter Louis Piech and grandson ferdinand piech are in charge of Volkswagen. ferdinand porsche gave 62% of the shares of these two companies to his son Ferry Porsche before his death, and the remaining 38% was owned by his daughter Louis Piech. This is self-evident.

　　It stands to reason that no matter how the equity is distributed, Porsche and Piech, who are both the heads of automobile companies and the same family, should have lived in peace. Moreover, the market positioning of Porsche and Volkswagen is quite different, and the direct competition relationship is very small. However, the aggressive personality of ferdinand porsche’s descendants determines that there will be a "blood shed" between Volkswagen and Porsche.

　　In the early days of Volkswagen’s establishment, the two companies used to be "brother enterprises" of mutual benefit and exchange of needed goods. Porsche Model 64 produced in 1938 used many spare parts from Volkswagen. In 1969, Volkswagen and Porsche jointly launched VW-Porsche914 and 914-6 models, which were named 914 because this model was equipped with a four-cylinder from Volkswagen, while 914-6 was equipped with a six-cylinder engine from Porsche, showing the close relationship between Volkswagen and Porsche.

　　However, the good times didn’t last long. With the death of ferdinand porsche and the continuous development of Volkswagen, Porsche has been completely surpassed by Volkswagen in terms of its share of the global automobile market and actual book revenue, and this momentum has quickly become a reality. Some "jealous" Wolfgang Porsche set his eyes on his "brothers" in the late 1990s.

　　In 2004, the Porsche family, whose eyes were locked on Volkswagen, finally ushered in the best acquisition opportunity in theory. In this year, Volkswagen sold a large number of shares because of poor management and high production costs, and went to the brink of bankruptcy. According to statistics, the average wage of Volkswagen’s workers was the highest in Germany, but the production efficiency was the lowest. More than 40% of the factories closed down, and the economy was even more unable to make ends meet.

　　Previously, the German government issued a law to prevent audi ag from being acquired by overseas investors, which expressly stipulated that when it comes to major issues such as company acquisition, it needs more than 80% of the support votes to pass, which means that Saxony will always have the veto power over public acquisition, and it is impossible for other companies to intervene in the public. This law is called "The Law of the People", and there are still many controversies today because of its strong local protectionism.

　　Although the "Volkswagen Law" has blocked it, the Porsche family will never miss this excellent opportunity. First, they quietly acquired the shares of Volkswagen in the secondary market. By the first half of 2005, Porsche had held nearly 20% of the shares in audi ag. However, Porsche’s erosion of Volkswagen’s shares did not attract people’s attention during this period. Until October 7, 2005, Porsche suddenly announced that it would buy 8.27% of Volkswagen’s shares from institutional investors. At this time, Porsche has held 27.4% of Volkswagen’s shares, becoming the largest shareholder of Volkswagen in the world. Since then, Porsche has increased its shareholding in Volkswagen to 31% in March 2007. However, due to the existence of the Volkswagen Law, Porsche spokesman Bowman made it clear that this action is only a simple increase, and there is no intention of any acquisition.

　　At this time, Porsche has become the heart of Si Mazhao, and everyone knows that the so-called "no acquisition intention" is just an excuse to hide the ear. In November 2007, the European Court of Justice proposed to abolish the Volkswagen Law. Porsche welcomed it and said that there was no plan to increase its shareholding. However, this duplicity only lasted for half a year. By 2009, the Porsche family had quietly increased its shareholding in Volkswagen to more than 50%.

　　Subsequently, Porsche applied for anti-monopoly investigation. On July 23, 2008, the European Commission approved Porsche to acquire Volkswagen. By the beginning of 2009, Porsche announced at its headquarters in Stuttgart that it had held 50.76% of the ordinary shares of Volkswagen. At this point, I have to mention Porsche’s wishful thinking: if the acquisition is successful, Porsche can merge Volkswagen’s books, use Volkswagen’s funds or even sell Volkswagen’s assets by holding more than 50% of Volkswagen’s shares, and indirectly increase Porsche’s profits to pay off debts. Unfortunately, Porsche’s elaborate wishful thinking did not succeed. The acquisition was considered as a "hostile acquisition" by the German government and Volkswagen, and the Volkswagen Law still had a protective effect on Volkswagen. Therefore, Porsche’s acquisition of Volkswagen finally failed. However, this failure did not dispel Porsche’s idea of acquiring Volkswagen. The careerist is still eyeing Volkswagen.

　　However, it didn’t take long for us to find out that this "beast" was actually a "paper tiger" that was weak in the outside. After April 2009, the impact of the world financial turmoil deepened. At this time, Porsche’s debt "high platform" built by the previous crazy acquisition was crumbling, with a total debt of 10 billion euros. Banks also tightened their money and ignored Porsche’s various "applications". At this time, Porsche not only failed in its wishful thinking, but also internally.

　　While Porsche suffered the consequences of its aggressive acquisition, Volkswagen controlled its costs from 2007 to 2009, making a successful profit of more than 4 billion euros, and in 2009, it has quietly climbed to the second largest automobile manufacturer in the world.

　　At this time, the Piech family thought it was time to implement their plan. In mid-2009, audi ag, led by the Piech family, decided to buy Porsche Automobile Company. Faced with the blow of "brothers", Porsche Company at this time seemed to be at a loss. On July 22 of that year, Volkswagen officially agreed to buy Porsche Automobile by investing 5 billion euros. However, it was not so easy to eat Porsche in one bite. In 2009, Volkswagen spent 3.9 billion euros to acquire 49.9% of Porsche’s shares in its holding company, and the remaining 50.1% of the shares had to be purchased from Porsche Europe joint-stock company before it could fully acquire Porsche cars.

　　After being acquired by Volkswagen, Porsche’s business situation has been greatly reversed and it is booming. Volkswagen only provides financial support and does not interfere in the design, production and sales of its models, which makes Porsche cars like a duck to water, with frequent masterpieces, and quickly improves its market share. Volkswagen’s "Tai Ji Chuan" is really good.

　　After nearly three years of close cooperation with Porsche, Volkswagen Group officially announced on July 4 this year that it will continue to invest 4.46 billion euros to acquire the remaining shares held by Porsche Europe AG. If the process goes smoothly, Volkswagen will own 100% shares of Porsche after this capital injection. However, this matter has not been implemented until now, and it seems that it will take time to completely solve the feud between Volkswagen and Porsche.

Summary:

　　The 80-year feud between Volkswagen and Porsche came to an end with the overall victory of the Piech family. In the last 20 years, we have seen the hysteria of Porsche and the public’s fearlessness in times of crisis. Due to the various interventions of the Volkswagen Law, Porsche not only failed in its wishful thinking, but also ended up being "acquired". In addition, the intrigue and competition for interests among the wealthy families also left us a deep impression. The temptation of rights and the bursting of desires once made Porsche lose its direction, while the public was supercilious and tepid in the whole incident, which not only made them get away with it, but also "helped the brothers" at a critical moment to get Porsche out of trouble and get back on track. It must be said that this is what brothers should have.

　

　　According to the official measurement by China Seismological Network, an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred in Hualien County, Taiwan (23.15 degrees north latitude and 121.30 degrees east longitude) at 14: 44 on September 18th with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

　　According to China Seismological Network, the Hualien earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 and the Taiwan Province earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 last night (September 17) were swarm activities in the same area, and the epicentres of the two earthquakes were about 14 kilometers apart. The earthquake caused a strong earthquake in Taiwan Province Island, and the earthquake was obvious in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other coastal areas.

　　In addition, China Seismological Network also pointed out that the Hualien 6.9 earthquake in Taiwan was the biggest earthquake in China this year.

　　According to the earthquake information broadcasting robot, since January 1, 2022, there have been 533 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above in China, including 388 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 to 3.9, 105 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 to 4.9, 30 earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 to 5.9, 10 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 to 6.9, and 0 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or above. The largest earthquakes occurred in Menyuan County, Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai Province on January 8.

　　Amazing decision

　　"I was brought up by my grandmother, and now I should take care of her."

　　Refuse funding

　　"The pressure of the family can hold up for the time being and I don’t want to rely on others."

　　There was no class on the afternoon of 16th, and Liu Lin stayed with her grandmother all afternoon. Near the meal, she first warmed up the vegetable egg soup and fish-flavored shredded pork cooked at noon. She was a 1.5-meter-tall girl, and reached out and picked up her grandmother. Grandma’s hands naturally surrounded her granddaughter and sat down beside the bed. Liu Lin served the food to the old man, and the two of them sat quietly eating. "I am strong, and I am directly in the wheelchair when I go downstairs." Liu Lin said with a smile. "How can I live not to spoil! I will follow you. " Grandma, who is a little hard of hearing, asked her granddaughter if she was used to living, and some answered loudly.

　　In August this year, after his father died, Liu Lin, a sophomore in the School of Tourism and Economic Management of Chengdu University, made a bold decision to take her 93-year-old grandmother to school and take care of herself.

　　Family changes

　　She brought her 93-year-old grandmother to Chengdu.

　　In April this year, Liu Lin experienced the darkest blow in his life. His father died of illness, and his mother could not bear the great mental pressure and could not take care of the elderly. Earlier in March, a 93-year-old grandmother accidentally fell and fractured her leg.

　　"There is no way, no one in the family can take care of her." Liu Lin said that grandma had a hard life, and her three sons, including her father, had already passed away before her. Especially after her father’s death, the fragmented family could not take care of her elderly grandmother comprehensively, and Liu Lin was not at ease to leave the elderly who could not take care of themselves at home. At the beginning of August, Liu Lin made an amazing decision that she would take her grandmother to school and take care of her by herself.

　　I’m not just saying. On August 3rd, Liu Lin, his younger brother and cousin rented a car, loaded grandma’s wheelchair and quilt luggage and went straight to Chengdu to rent a single room.

　　A room, two beds, a wardrobe, a desk and a coffee table, this is Liu Lin’s "home" off campus with her grandmother. This single room rents 600 yuan every month. My younger brother who works in Chengdu will visit every month. Most of the salary of more than 2,000 yuan in January goes to grandma and sister for living.

　　Childhood memories

　　"When I was a child, I didn’t understand her."

　　"I was brought up by my grandmother, and now I should take care of her." Liu Lin said.

　　Liu Lin recalled that when he was a child, he and his younger brother went to school and walked home for more than 10 minutes at noon for dinner. However, his grandmother, who could not read or read clocks, was able to "magically" put the food on the table on time. At that time, her grandmother was over 80 years old. "When I was a child, I didn’t understand, but I had to contradict her." Liu Lin said with a smile, but his rebellious period is very short, probably because of family reasons, he was sensible early.

　　A "schoolmaster" who refused funding.

　　In addition to taking responsibility, there is also self-improvement

　　In the eyes of teacher Zhang Na, Liu Lin is a student with excellent academic performance. When she entered the school, she was selected to Zhang Lan College because of her excellent grades. Considering Liu Lin’s special family situation, she also applied for a work-study post for her — — Go to the college office to be on duty and help the teacher. "She will take the initiative to help clean up, and she will do a good job if the teacher is too busy." Although it takes a lot of energy to take care of grandma, and Liu Lin, who has just finished the general course in Zhang Lan University, still has a lot of professional courses to make up, Liu Lin has never dropped out of the course and is still preparing for the English Singer Competition of the school.

　　Knowing what happened to Liu Lins, someone offered to help her, but Liu Lin declined. "I always feel that I am getting something for nothing." Liu Lin said that his younger brother is earning money, and he can also work part-time, so he can support the pressure of his family temporarily and doesn’t want to rely on others.

　　Chengdu Business Daily reporter Yu Zunsu

　　The age gap is 73 years old. How can a little girl take care of the 90-year-old? Here in Liu Lin, you can find — —

　　N ways to "spoil" grandma

　　eat

　　The rice should be cooked soft.

　　It takes one and a half teeth to bite.

　　At 7: 30 in the morning, the alarm clock rang, which was at least half an hour earlier than when I lived in school. Liu Lin has to get up, cook grandma’s favorite dumplings for breakfast, wash her face and brush her teeth, and then fly to school. "Sometimes I still have to oversleep." Liu Lin embarrassedly touched his head. It is simply happiness to sleep more in the morning when there is no class.

　　After school at 12 noon, Liu Lin will come back to make lunch at once. I bought vegetables and meat in the vegetable market in the community. Liu Lin made the food soft and thin, which was convenient for grandma who had only one and a half teeth to swallow. Liu Lin said that grandma likes to eat cotton candy, ham sausage, and especially likes preserved eggs and lean porridge. With snacks, Liu Lin doesn’t have to worry about grandma being hungry.

　　ramble

　　Peers go shopping to buy clothes.

　　She pushed her grandmother to watch the square dance in a wheelchair.

　　Sometimes when the weather is fine, Liu Lin will use a wheelchair to push her grandmother to the square to watch others dance. Every time she is fascinated, her grandmother always says, "Watch for a while". Because of a broken leg, Liu Lin bought a special bed online in order to make grandma sleep more comfortably. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Liu Lin had a hard time changing the bed to the outside near the bay window, so that grandma could see the lake outside and the light was better.

　　"Girls, I like to go shopping in buy buy to buy it!" Speaking of which, Liu Lin, who had always been very calm, was a little excited, but after taking her grandmother, Liu Lin rarely went shopping with her classmates, but she would invite her classmates to dinner at home.

　　accompany

　　Afraid that the old man will be bored at home alone

　　She bought a cat.

　　I went to school by myself. How can Grandma live alone at home? Liu Lin downloaded a lot of grandma’s favorite war movies on the computer. "It may just look a little hot, but she may not understand." In order to make the home more lively, Liu Lin bought a kitten and named it "Dangdang", but grandma always vaguely called it "Dandan" and named another hairy bear at the bedside "Xiu Xiu". "It’s a lot more fun to have this cat."

　　Liu Lin said that grandma gained some weight after coming to Chengdu, probably because she was in a good mood, and sometimes she would hum her own tune at night. I haven’t thought about the future in detail, but Liu Lin said that no matter where I am in the future, I should take my grandmother with me.

Only one person can sit, and one tire is 160,000.

Bugai (||)ran Turio, referred to as Bugatti Vision GT, is the only one in the world and is currently in Los Angeles, USA. This car is not a production car, but a "super" for the track. Generally, a supercar can seat two people, but this car can only seat one person. Its body is made of carbon fiber, with exaggerated appearance, shark wings and the French flag on the detachable big tail. This car has many distinctive features, starting with the rearview mirror.

Mirrors are different. The rearview mirror of an ordinary car is lens-type, while the GT is camera-type, and the image is displayed on the center console. In fact, the rearview mirror of the future car should be like this, which can reduce blind spots. As we all know, the blind spot of the car is bigger than that of the car, and the blind spot of the truck is bigger than that of the SUV. If you use such a rearview mirror, you can eliminate literacy, but the cost is too high and it has not been popularized yet. I believe it will be possible in the future. Besides the rearview mirror, there are red things on the windshield and under the rearview mirror of the car. This is a quick-opening device for escape. If there is an accident on the track, the driver will not be trapped. In addition, there is a small window on the roof, which is also used to escape.

The steering wheel is unique and has the feeling of a spaceship. There are buttons on the steering wheel, such as start, wiper, flash, PN gear, and a Vion GT nameplate with Yamaguchi’s signature. This car was born for the track, so it uses a racing seat, a racing seat belt and the LOGO of Vision GT and Bugatti on the seat. These signs and signatures tell you.

A set of tires of Bugatti Veyron is about $40,000, which belongs to aviation grade like airplane tires. The tires were specially made by Michelin for Bugatti. The tires of Vision GT are Michelin, but the price is more expensive than Veyron. A set of tires costs 93,000 dollars, a tire costs more than 20,000 dollars, and a single tire is equivalent to 160,000 yuan. And there are only two sets in the world, and there is also one set at Bugatti headquarters. If the owner needs to replace the tire, he only needs to pay 80,000 euros, 20,000 euros for a tire, not including the wheel hub. The average family car is equivalent to the money of a tire. This car also needs maintenance from time to time. Basic maintenance includes: changing oil, cleaning car glass, adding glass water, checking tire pressure, etc. The cost is 20,000 US dollars. With a little maintenance, a family car will be gone.

This car has four independent remote controls. The height of the chassis can be directly operated by the remote control, and the track mode can be entered with one button. The low body can reduce the drag coefficient and make the car play its best performance. In track mode, the front bumper lip is about 4cm off the ground. Some people may think, how can such a low chassis drive on the road? Actually, this car is built for the track, so don’t worry.

The engine is the same as Bugatti, 8.0-liter W16 4 turbocharged, with a maximum horsepower of about 1,500 horses and a speed of 400 kilometers per hour. As for how much the car can accelerate in 100 kilometers and how fast it can run at the top speed, it has always been a mystery. The official didn’t really test it on the track, but only through a virtual simulator, with a top speed of 447 kilometers per hour. To get the real data, you have to go to the track and try several times. There is only one car in the world, and the owner has no intention of testing it to keep it mysterious.

A set of tires is worth $93,000 and a spare tire is worth  80,000. However, the car keys of this car are really ordinary, on the same level as ordinary (||)7 and (||). The biggest highlight of car keys is that they are too common.

How much is this car worth? The world’s only single-seat Bugatti Vision GT, worth $5.16 million to $18 million. What is this concept? It is equivalent to 20-70 (||) GTBs (US$ 256,550 per vehicle), equivalent to RMB 35.5-124 million. If sold to China, plus tariffs and miscellaneous fees is unthinkable.

Bugatti, you know, can only take one person, one tire is 160 thousand, and there are only two sets of tires. I hope this can help.