Volkswagen is a German car company and the cars it makes — one of the biggest carmakers in the world, based in Wolfsburg.

Volkswagen Volkswagen是 a German car company and the cars it makes一家德國汽車公司，也指它生產的車 — one of the biggest carmakers in the world是全世界數一數二大的車廠, based in Wolfsburg總部在Wolfsburg（沃夫斯堡）。

Its most famous models are the Beetle, the small round car that became a symbol of the 1960s, and the Golf, a practical family hatchback that has sold for fifty years.

Its most famous models它最有名的車款 are the Beetle是Beetle金龜車, the small round car that became a symbol of the 1960s那台成為一九六零年代象徵的小圓車, and the Golf以及Golf高爾夫, a practical family hatchback that has sold for fifty years一款賣了五十年、實用的家用掀背車。

In English the name is used two ways: for the company ("Volkswagen announced a new electric model") and for a single car ("He drives an old Volkswagen"), with the plural Volkswagens. It is very often shortened to VW, said "vee-double-you", and casually people say "a Volksie" or just "a VW".

In English在英文裡 the name這個名字 is used two ways有兩種用法: for the company一種是指公司 ("Volkswagen announced a new electric model"像「Volkswagen announced a new electric model」) and for a single car另一種是指單一一輛車 ("He drives an old Volkswagen"像「He drives an old Volkswagen」), with the plural Volkswagens複數就是Volkswagens。It它 is very often shortened to VW很常縮寫成VW, said "vee-double-you"唸作「vee-double-you」, and casually people say "a Volksie" or just "a VW"口語上大家會說「a Volksie」，或直接說「a VW」。

The brand has a reputation for being solid, sensible and well built — the sort of car that keeps going — though that reputation took a real knock in 2015 when the company admitted cheating on diesel emissions tests, and English speakers still refer to that as "the Volkswagen scandal" or "dieselgate".

The brand這個品牌 has a reputation for being solid, sensible and well built有堅固、務實、做工好的口碑 — the sort of car that keeps going就是那種一直開下去不會壞的車 — though that reputation不過這個口碑 took a real knock in 2015在二零一五年重重挨了一記 when the company admitted cheating on diesel emissions tests當時公司承認在柴油排放測試上作弊, and English speakers而英語使用者 still refer to that as "the Volkswagen scandal" or "dieselgate"至今還是把那件事叫做「the Volkswagen scandal」或「dieselgate」。

As a proper noun it always takes a capital V. English speakers usually say it "VOLKS-waggon", not the German way, so do not worry about sounding German.

As a proper noun身為專有名詞, it它 always takes a capital V開頭的V永遠要大寫。English speakers英語使用者 usually say it "VOLKS-waggon"通常唸成「VOLKS-waggon」, not the German way而不是德文的唸法, so do not worry about sounding German所以不用擔心自己唸得不夠德文。