Giving to the rich
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Let us compare the Volkswagen and the "Voltswagen." The original Volkswagen was intended as the "people's car" (that's what "Volkswagen" means). The idea of a cheap, safe, reliable car for the working man was popular before Adolf Hitler embraced it, but as a self-proclaimed man of the people, he made the idea his own. Whereas industrialists and aristocrats didn't think the common man needed a car ("the people's car is a bus" was their refrain), Hitler sided with one of his heroes, Henry Ford, arguing that everyone deserved his own ride. He ordered the German Labor Front, the Nazi Party's...
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 04:17:56 PM
Erlanger to build multi-million dollar facility at VW plant
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In what planners describe as a unique model for health care, Erlanger hospital will construct a multi-million dollar health and wellness facility at the Volkswagen auto assembly plant to serve both VW employees and the surrounding community. "This is about wellness. This is about finding a way not to increase health care costs, but decrease health care costs," Jim Brexler, president and CEO of Erlanger, said at a press conference on Friday. Hospital officials are seeking a developer to construct the project within 12 months so the site will be ready in time for the plant's opening next year, Mr....
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 04:17:56 PM
Volkswagen Recalls 200,000 Cars In Brazil
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Volkswagen Recalls 200,000 Cars In Brazil The recalled Novo Gols were made in Brazil for the local market Volkswagen (VW) is recalling nearly 200,000 cars in Brazil because of a rear wheel problem. The company wants to determine whether rear wheel bearings are sufficiently greased on the Novo Gol and Novo Voyage models made before July 2009. VW says there is a possibility that a lack of lubrication could cause wheels to lock. In extreme cases they could loosen and even fall off. The vehicles were made in Brazil for the local market, VW's third-largest. This latest recall comes a...
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 04:17:56 PM
VW Unveils Up! Lite Concept at LA Show [96mpg diesel hybrid]
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Volkswagen staged the world premiere of the Up! Lite concept at the LA Auto Show. The new concept, based on Volkswagen’s New Small Family (the Up! models), incorporates a variation on the two-cylinder TDI hybrid powertrain from the L1 concept unveiled earlier this year at the Frankfurt Motor Show. (Earlier post.) The door, five-seat concept offers combined EPA cycle fuel consumption of 2.44 L/100km (96 mpg US), with 70 mpg highway. The poewrtrain comprises an 800cc, 2-cylinder TDI (turbo-diesel), electric motor and 7-speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG). Combined with aerodynamics of Cd 0.237, the concept has reduced CO2 emissions to...
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 04:17:56 PM
Volkswagen has over 65,000 applications for jobs at new plant
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Volkswagen has received more than 65,000 applications in total as the company closed its application line for production team member positions on Sunday. During the three-week period since Oct. 26, more than 35,000 people applied for production team member positions at Volkswagen’s new production plant which will go into operation in 2011. In addition, the company has received approximately 30,000 applications for skilled maintenance and professional positions to date. “We are overwhelmed by the response and we are very satisfied with the result. It gives us the confidence that we will be able to hire all the capable and flexible...
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 04:17:56 PM
Volkswagen Steals Toyota's Crown as World's Largest Automaker
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The people want an empire, apparently, with that unassuming little black VW bug at the head of it. The U.K.’s Guardian explains, "Volkswagen-Porsche has overtaken Toyota to become the world's largest car manufacturer as the German group benefits from state-backed stimulus packages around the globe." VW has "produced 4.4 million vehicles so far this year, outstripping its Japanese rival which has seen four million cars roll off production lines since January." Ironically, VW reached the milestone in part by taking over Porsche – which it was forced to do after Porsche failed in an attempt to take over VW earlier...
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 04:17:56 PM
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