Volkswagens Born Here

Sunset. February 19, 2008. Get a bell and ring it everyday for a year at sunrise and sunset. This installment: The Volkswagen factory dominates the town of Wolfsburg. Or maybe it is the town. In the time before the Iron Curtain came down, this area was at the edge of West Germany. It took hours to get here and was not a destination for any visitors. Now, because of the Volkswagen factory, people come here. If you buy a Volkswagen, you can come here and pick up your car right from the factory as it comes off the line. It's personal.
Background of VW- from German Propaganda Archive.
http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/vw.htm
This is an interesting site. It contains photos and drawings pertaining to the VW. There are also descriptions of the factory town that was planned to grow up around the factory. It's interesting to compare that to present day Wolfsburg which is still dominated by the VW factory. However, today the Autostadt Museum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostadt
) stands right next to the factory. It is billed as a museum/amusement theme park all about cars. In addition to the one hour tour of the factory itself, there are several pavilions dedicated to other cars as well (i.e. Lamborghini, Audi, Bentley). Ironically, Porshe is currently (2008) attempting to buy Volkswagen.
dailybell2008.blogspot.com

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