VW or Audi? – It’s about the car company today

FUN WITH MAPS – ISSUE 2021-103 DAILY FEATURE:

By Steve Kovacs (Introduction by Chuck Gibson)

LOVELAND, OH (May 28, 2021) – In Issue 2021-103 of Steve Kovacs Fun with Maps, a lesson in German manufacturing of automobiles.

The People’s Car

The People’s Car Company is the largest car manufacturer in the world.  The headquarter city for the company is the richest city in the world with Gross Domestic Product per inhabitant at $125K/per inhabitant.  It also boosts the largest car manufacturing plant on the planet.

You, someone in your family or your neighbor likely owned a product of theirs at a time.

Yes, we are talking about Volkswagen Group, and Wolfsburg, Germany.  VW and Audi.

Here is Teesdale’s map of Prussia, including today’s Wolfsburg from 1831 predating VW’s founding by 106 years.

Steve Kovacs and his wife Theresa reside in Loveland, Ohio where they raised their two children. He is a passionate collector of antique maps.

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