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| Company name | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | | Company type | Subsidiary of Volkswagen AG | | Industry | Automotive | | Founded | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (1955) | | Headquarters | 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Drive, Herndon, Virginia, United States | | No. of locations | 20 "Operational Facilities" in the US | | Area served | North America | | Key people | Stefan Jacoby CEO | | Products | Automobiles, Automotive parts | | Services | Automotive financial services | | Owner(s) | Volkswagen Group | | Divisions | Volkswagen of America,
Audi of America,
Bentley Motors Inc.,
Bugatti of America,
Automobili Lamborghini America LLC,
VW Credit, Inc.
Volkswagen Credit Canada |
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Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (sometimes referred to as Volkswagen of America, abbreviated to VWoA), is the North American operational headquarters, and subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group of automobile companies of Germany. VWoA is responsible for five marques: Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Volkswagen cars. It also controls VW Credit, Inc. (or VCI), Volkswagen's financial services and credit operations. The company is headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, near Herndon.
In Germany, the parent company Volkswagen AG is responsible for eight marques of the group, from six European countries: Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
As of March 2008, VWoA has 20 operational facilities, spanning coast to coast, and its primary objective is "to offer attractive, safe and environmentally sound vehicles which are competitive on an increasingly tough market and which set world standards in their respective classes".
On July 16, 2008, Volkswagen AG announced plans to build its first production facility in the United States since closure of the New Stanton, Pennsylvania plant in 1988. The new facility, due to open in 2011, will be built in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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