Are these guys on glue?

[Coker Rat]

http://rexcurry.net/bookchapter4a1a2a1.html

Let me get this straight...
Volkswagens and Audis are German cars. Germany was once the home of national socialism. THEREFORE one can only conclude that VW's and Audis are directly linked to Nazi's.


I particularly like this one:

I don't understand what these guys are trying to get across...
I love how they put totally unrelated crap on there that has nothing to do with the topic to somehow show that there are connections between national socialism and VW's/Audis...

Thus "Audi" is obviously related to the word "Audio" and is also related to the Spanish word "Oye" as in Carlos Santana's hit song "Oye Como Va" (Listen how it goes) and is related to the call of the bailiff in the United States Supreme Court "Oyez! Oyez!" ("Hear ye! Hear ye!" at...

Wtf?... My head hurts.

[karna]

Re: Are these guys on glue?

haha ive seen some guys on vortex playing with the idea of making stickers like that....didnt know someone is crazy enaugh to get inked lol

[Aleks]

Re: Are these guys on glue?

VW's are directly linked to the Nazi's in the fact that the company was directly influenced by Adolf Hitler (1933) when he had a car designed and called Volkswagen (or peoples car). The whole thing pretty much started with the man himself, so its not so much of a stretch...

Obviously those ties and influence are LONG gone, its strictly of historical significance that it started that way...

[stefan]

Re: Are these guys on glue?

remained a largly goverment held company until quite recently too.

[Stonewall]

Re: Are these guys on glue?

Didn't Hitler commission the beetle to made?

[Mr. Burns]

Re: Are these guys on glue?

Origins in 1930s Germany

Adolf Hitler had a keen interest in cars even though he did not drive. In 1933, he asked Ferdinand Porsche to make changes to his original 1931 design to make it more suited for the working man. Hans Ledwinka discussed his ideas with Ferdinand Porsche who used many Tatra design features in the 1938 Kdf-Wagen, later known as the VW Käfer - or Beetle.

Changes included better fuel efficiency, reliability, ease-of-use, and economically efficient repairs and parts. The intention was that ordinary Germans would buy the car by means of a savings scheme ("Fünf Mark die Woche musst Du sparen, willst Du im eigenen Wagen fahren" — "Save five Marks a week, if you want to drive your own car") which around 336,000 people eventually paid into. Volkswagen honoured its savings agreements in West Germany (but not in East Germany) after World War II[citation needed]. Prototypes of the car called the "Kdf-Wagen" (German: Kraft durch Freude -- "strength through joy"), appeared from 1936 onwards (the first cars had been produced in Stuttgart). The car already had its distinctive round shape and air-cooled, flat-four, rear-mounted engine. The VW car was just one of many KdF programmes which included things such as tours and outings.


Erwin Komenda, the longstanding AUTO UNION chief designer, developed the car body of the prototype, which was recognizably the Beetle we know today. It was one of the first to be designed with the aid of a wind tunnel; unlike the Chrysler Airflow, it would be a success.

The new factory in the new town of KdF-Stadt, now called Wolfsburg, purpose-built for the factory workers, only produced a handful of cars by the time war started in 1939. None was actually delivered to holders of the completed saving stamp books, though one Type 1 Cabriolet was presented to Hitler on his birthday in 1938.

War meant production changed to military vehicles, the Type 81 Kübelwagen ("Bucket car") utility vehicle (VW's most common wartime model) and the amphibious Schwimmwagen which were used to equip the German forces.