VR-Zone & Facebook: Volkswagen Hippy Van Cooler |
My satirical take on this photo is that Volkswagen needs all the public relations assistance it can receive at this moment in history and it was therefore rather interesting that this image suddenly appeared at this time.
On a more serious note, I view Volkswagen as a quality vehicle and automotive manufacturer.
Incidentally, my Mother used to own a Volkswagen Beetle when I was very little, which was a high quality vehicle.
The Volkswagen reputation, much like Toyota and Honda is admittedly very good worldwide.
Satirically, here is some further public relations assistance for Volkswagen, one of the largest automotive manufacturers in the world.
I did some research and I can confirm what I have heard and that is that Volkswagen was founded by...
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'Volkswagen was originally created in 1937 by the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront).[3]'
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'The German Labour Front (German: Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF) was the National Socialist trade union organization which replaced the various trade unions of the Weimar Republic after Adolf Hitler's rise to power. Its leader was Robert Ley, who stated its aim as 'to create a true social and productive community' (Smelster, 1988).' "
The flag of the DAF
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Deutsche Arbeitsfront" by Oren neu dag (talk) Data from Davis/Mc Gregor: "Flags of the Third Reich" Part 3, London 1994, ISBN 1 85532 459 8 - self made
This vector image was created with Inkscape.. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons.
Wikipedia: DAF |
Adolf Hitler |
Hope this helps...