Boston Volkswagen

It's easy to get big-headed and over-ambitious when you're sitting towards the top of the stack. But for Volkswagen, moving up two rungs of the latter and achieving automotive world domination isn't just a bold idea; it's a legitimate company goal. For those in the Boston area who haven't been tuned in to all the VW buzzy, the motivated automaker plans to surpass the likes of GM and Toyota by 2018 and win over the number one spot.

For a company to find success, it's sometimes necessary to lay out one clear goal. Just throw it down, plain and simple. In the case of Volkswagen, this strategy seems to be working quite beautifully. Company bosses gave Jonathan Browning, Chief Executive of VW Group of America, a solitary task: sell 1-million models annually in America by 2018.