page_title: Volkswagen Group
section_title: Subsidiaries and brands
hierarchical_section_title: Volkswagen Group / Operations / Subsidiaries and brands
caption_attribution_description: Porsche headquarter Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Werk II
context_page_description: Volkswagen AG, known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany and indirectly majority owned by the Austrian Porsche and Piëch families. It designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines, and turbomachinery and offers related services including financing, leasing and fleet management. In 2016, it was the world's largest automaker by sales, overtaking Toyota and keeping this title in 2017, 2018 and 2019, selling 10.9 million vehicles. It has maintained the largest market share in Europe for over two decades. It ranked seventh in the 2018 Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies. The Volkswagen Group sells passenger cars under the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen marques; light commercial vehicles under the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand; motorcycles under the Ducati brand; and heavy commercial vehicles via the marques of listed subsidiary TRATON: MAN, Scania, and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus.
context_section_description: The Volkswagen Group comprises the following vehicle manufacturers and their corresponding brands:
  Audi AG: 99.64% ownership; formed through the acquisitions of Auto Union from Daimler-Benz on 30 December 1964, and NSU Motorenwerke on 9 March 1969 - Audi being the sole surviving marque from the Auto Union combine. Audi Sport GmbH is Audi's performance engineering and manufacturing subsidiary.
  Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.: 100% ownership. AUDI AG acquired Lamborghini S.p.A. in September 1998.
  Bentley Motors Ltd: 100% ownership by Volkswagen AG. Volkswagen purchased Rolls-Royce & Bentley from Vickers on 28 July 1998, however the purchase did not include the license to use the Rolls-Royce trademark on automobiles, which is controlled by Rolls-Royce Plc. BMW outmaneuvered Volkswagen, succeeding in obtaining the rights to use the Rolls-Royce trademark on automobiles. From July 1998 until December 2002, BMW continued to supply engines for the Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and the Bentley division sold cars under both the Bentley and Rolls-Royce marques, under an agreement with BMW.
  Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.: 100% ownership. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe VOLKSWAGEN France s.a. Volkswagen acquired Bugatti International S.A. Holding in July 1998.
  Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG: Volkswagen AG purchased 49.9% of the shares in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH (the holding company of Porsche AG) in December 2009. Volkswagen AG purchased the remaining stake in Porsche AG equaling 100% of the shares in Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH, effectively becoming its parent company as of 1 August 2012.
  Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.: 100% ownership by Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.; company was bought on 19 July 2012.
  Jetta: Joint venture with First Automotive Works created in 2019.
  MAN SE (controlling shareholder) Acquired a controlling stake in July 2011, making MAN the 10th marque of the Volkswagen Group. 94.36% ownership via TRATON SE since March 2019.
  MAN Truck & Bus SE: 100% ownership by MAN SE.
  Scania AB: Acquired controlling stake in July 2008, making Scania the 9th marque of the Volkswagen Group. 100% ownership since 15 January 2015 - shares held via TRATON SE.
  SEAT, S.A.: 100% ownership; initially in 1982 a co-operation agreement with AUDI AG; 51% and 75% ownership in 1986, and full ownership in 1990. SEAT was the first non-German subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Their high performance motorsport division SEAT Sport is renamed to CUPRA.
  Škoda auto a.s.: 100% ownership. initially in 1991 a co-operation agreement and 30% ownership; 60.3% and 70% ownership on 1994 and 1995 respectively, 100% ownership since 2000
  TRATON SE (formerly Volkswagen Truck and Bus): 89.7% ownership. TRATON is the holding company for Volkswagen Group's heavy commercial vehicle operations.
  Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus (VWCO): 100% ownership by MAN SE. Volkswagen's Brazilian heavy truck and bus division. Sold by Volkswagen Group to MAN SE in December 2008 and from that point also known as MAN Latin America. In November 2011, Volkswagen acquired a majority of the shares in MAN SE, bringing Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus back into the group.
  Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV), or German: Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge (VWN): 100% ownership; Volkswagen's light commercial vehicle division started operations as an independent entity in 1995.
  Volkswagen Passenger Cars: the founding and flagship marque of the company, 100% ownership.
  The Group also owns five defunct marques which are managed through the companies Auto Union GmbH and NSU GmbH, both of which are 100% owned by AUDI AG:
  Auto Union (the Auto Union company, together with NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU), were merged into "Audi NSU Auto-Union AG" in 1969. The name was shortened to "AUDI AG" in 1985, and the interlocked four-ring badge from Auto Union is still used by AUDI AG).
  Dampf-Kraft-Wagen (DKW)
  Horch
  NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU) – bought in 1969 by Volkswagen AG, and merged into "Audi NSU Auto-Union AG"; the NSU brand has not been used since 1977, while the former NSU manufacturing plant at Neck
caption: Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart
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