Vulksmotor
| Wholly-Owned Subsidiary | |
| Traded as | VSE: VM |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1910 (as Vulksaron Motors Inc.) |
| Founder | Aldryk Aronvulk |
| Headquarters | , |
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.
While VM and Crown are both divisions of Vulksmotor, Zephyr is actually a wholly-owned subsidiary company. Although Zephyr shares technology and occasionally platforms with VM and Crown, and receives funding from and shares profits with Vulksmotor, Zephyr is mostly left to its own devices as a workshop and company, due to its long-standing reputation for precision and performance vehicles within Ottonia and worldwide.
| Model Name | Years Produced | Size Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pixie | 1956 - present | Sport Microcar | |
| Geist | 1924 - 1935 1950 - present |
Sport Minicompact | Pre-war version was a mid-size sedan. |
| Ghost | 1980 - present | Sport Subcompact | |
| Wraith | 1924 - 1939 1958 - present |
Sport Compact | Originally a road-legal version of the vehicle that won the 1923 Federal Circuit of Ottonia. |
| Phantom | 1930 - 1935 1960 - present |
Mid-size sport | |
| Revenant | 1925 - 1935 1950 - present |
Full-size sport |
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.