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What we can learn from Volkswagen

What we can learn from Volkswagen

SYF77

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Volkswagen has been on a roll in Singapore as of late. It would be hard not to see one when you step out of your house. I decided to read up more about its history and had some interesting findings.

 

Volkswagen was originally founded in 1937 by the Nazi trade union, the German Labour Front. In the early 1930s, German auto industry was still largely composed of luxury models, and the average German rarely could afford anything more than a motorcycle (let




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