08/11/2007 11:49
The 2.5 millionth vehicle has rolled off the production line at Volkswagen of South Africa's Uitenhage factory on Tuesday.
The 2.5 millionth vehicle is a fifth generation Golf 1.6.
In his address, Volkswagen of SA managing director, David Powels, hailed the manufacture of 2.5 million vehicles as "an achievement we can all feel justifiably proud of".
"Interestingly, the 2.5 million vehicles we have produced here in Uitenhage include 913 000 Golfs, 314 000 Jettas, 308 000 Polos, 290 000 Beetles, 266 000 Type 2 and Type 3 Busses, 147 000 Audis and 104 000 Passats.
"This illustrates just how diversified and flexible our plant has been over the past 56 years," he explained.
"Volkswagen of South Africa has remained extremely loyal and committed to not only this immediate region in which we all work and live, but also to our country South Africa.
"We have become more and more diversified and productive. As a result, our next 2.5 million cars will take significantly less than half the time to build than it took to build the first 2.5 million," he noted.
VWSA builds 2.5 millionth car
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WtF are the other 300 odd thousand buses?
...and the ovals?
...and the ovals?
Volkswagen of South Africa has remained extremely loyal and committed to not only this immediate region in which we all work and live, but also to our country South Africa.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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A pity they've shown no loyalty to those who keep VWSA's heritage on the roads ...David Powels wrote:Volkswagen of South Africa has remained extremely loyal and committed to not only this immediate region in which we all work and live, but also to our country South Africa.
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