Vulksmotor

Vulksmotor

Type	Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
Traded as	VSE: VM
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1910 (as Vulksaron Motors Inc.)
Founder	Aldryk Aronvulk
Headquarters	Rikardsburg, Staalmark , Ottonia
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Aldryk Aronvulk Izaak Blanko
Products	Motor Vehicles
Services	Automotive repair, Financing
Owner	VHI
Number of employees	31,400
Parent	VHI
Divisions	Vulksmotor Zephyr Crown Motors

Vulksmotor is an Ottonian automaker, and is the automotive division of VHI. The division was founded in 1910 as Vulksaron Motors Inc., and was given its current name in 1960. Vulksmotor is currently the second-largest Ottonian automaker by volume after Ottomoto.

History

As automobiles began to emerge as an industry, Aldryk Aronvulk, the son of Vulksaron founder Magda Aronvulk, realized that it was crucial for the company's future to enter the burgeoning auto trade. Vulksaron's original Motor Workshop was assembled in 1907, initially engineering specialty vehicles for rich clients.

Marques

Vulksmotor operates three marques domestically and abroad.

VM

The higher sales-volume VM is geared towards the production of affordable performance vehicles; VM cars tend to be somewhat overpowered, with some light luxuries intended for families. Although not especially expensive, vehicles produced and sold under the VM marque are typically more expensive than the more economy-focused rival brand in Otmo, but also typically have a base model with a greater number of standard features.

Model Name	Years Produced	Size Class	Notes
U-SL	1954 - present	LEV/Kei Truck/Microvan	Available as a microvan, minitruck, or mini SUV.
Miki	1960 - 1976 1982 - present	LEV/Kei car/Microcar	Available in hatchback and coupe configurations.
Urbi	1980 - present	City Car	Successor to discontinued Spark.
Spark	1950 - 1978	City Car	Succeeded by Urbi.
Dart	1976 - present	Subcompact car	Successor to the discontinued Sharp. Platform shared with Urbi and Miki.
Sharp	1952 - 1974	Subcompact car/Compact Car	Final generation sold very poorly; replaced by Arrow and its derivatives.
Arrow	1975 - present	Compact car	Successor to the discontinued Sharp. Platform shared with Javelin and Lance.
Javelin	1976 - present	Mid-size car	Derived from the Arrow. Successor to the discontinued VM Star.
Star	1955 - 1975	Mid-size car	Borderline mid-size/full-size passenger car.
Lance	1978 - present	Full-size car	Derived from the Arrow. Successor to the discontinued Star.
Sturdy	1950 - present	Compact pickup/Compact Van	First Ottonian post-Revolution designed civilian vehicle.
Reliant	1962 - present	Mid-size pickup/Medium Van	Derived from the Sturdy.
Challenger	1955 - present	Full-size pickup/Full-size Van	Derived from VM's military utility vehicles.

Zephyr

Vulksmotor's performance-luxury marque, Zephyr, was one of Ottonia's original motor companies, founded in 1902. Zephyr struggled in the Ottonian economy that prevailed between 1935 to 1954, in which luxury and sport vehicles were in relatively low demand and the business was only kept afloat via foreign sales.

Crown

The Crown line produced by Vulksmotor is a higher-end, luxury and performance brand. Mechanically, Crown vehicles tend to be very similar to Vulksmotor-branded ones, but tend to have more luxury features, and better materials in their construction as standards. Bonus safety features also are more likely to be standard in Crown-branded vehicles.