Volkswagen Commercial Ben | The People Behind the Car 2025

VIDEO Volkswagen Ben | The People Behind the Car TV commercial 2019 • Meet Ben. He's a mechanical engineer at Volkswagen Chattanooga, but he's more than just that. He's a fourth-generation racecar driver whose passion for cars runs deep. It's time to meet the people behind The People's Car. About Volkswagen of America: Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc., an operating unit of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWoA), is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. VWoA's operations in the United States include research and development, parts and vehicle processing, parts distribution centers, sales, marketing and service offices, financial service centers, and its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Volkswagen Group is one of the world's largest producers of passenger cars and Europe's largest automaker. VWoA sells the Atlas, Atlas Cross Sport, Arteon, Golf, Golf GTI, Golf R, Jetta, Passat, and Tiguan vehicles through more than 650 independent U.S. dealers. 00:01 Cars a zen’t just cars, they have a soul of their own. 00:07 When a car’s unhappy, you can hear it. 00:13 I’m a mechanical engineer at Volkswagen Chattanooga. 00:18 My job is to solve problems. 00:21 I’ve been working on cars my whole life. 00:25 I put as much love in these cars as I do my cars at home. 00:31 I come from four generations of race car drivers. 00:35 It just sort of passed down all the way to me. 00:40 On the track, 00:41 I feel like I can step in the shoes of my great grandfather, 00:47 grandfather and my father before me. 00:49 Very early on, my parents instilled in us that 00:52 your work ethic, the product you provide, 00:55 reflects on your name. 00:59 I definitely feel like my name is on every car I touch. 01:06 I want to be the best mechanical engineer in the world. 01:11 I definitely feel like cars are in my DNA.- advertisement spot 2019