Just thought that I would share some photos I took from Wolfsburg last week. I visited Autostadt which is like a theme park for anyone interested in cars , especially VW's.
The whole focus is for VW provide an overveiw in the evolution of Automobiles and the part cars play in our lives eg The peoples Car.

Autostadt shares the same grounds as the VW production factory and is linked via a tunnel that transports up to 500 cars per day into 2 huge glass towers that store the brand new cars.The cars are loaded automatically via a lift into the towers which is a pretty awesome sight. You can come to the factory to pick up your brand new car and watch it being picked in front of you. Then you will be met by a representitive that will basically wine and dine you while they instruct you how to use your new car!

I had a guided tour that explained the history of the Factory pre and post war. The history of all the individual cars displayed was also explained.

The whole experience was well worth the 450 km drive from Frankfurt , mind you when you sit on the Autobahn at 180km/h it doesn't take long!

Here are the Towers;

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216812 

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216813 

The first proto beetle ever made

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216814 

The first production beetle ever made (pre war)

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216815 

The first post war beetle

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216821 

The first beetle made in Ireland

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216816 

No 1 000 000 commerative beetle complete with diamond studded trim!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216816 

The last beetle that rolled off the production floor

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216817 

The first Type 2 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216819 


The worlds fastest VW

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216818 

Factory built formula vee

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216823 

Factory Built Beach Buggy

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216824 

First factory built electric powered VW

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216822 

Proto 2 door turbo golf

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216826 

The 4 smoke stacks for the VW electricity power plant , which forms part of the factory

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216827 


I was in the UK prior to Germany and stumbled across a Porsche Club Track Day! Must have been my lucky day.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216831 


http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216830 


http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=216829 


Cheers Paul

Many thanks for the pics Paul..
Much Appreciatted..

Lee Noonan

http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug 

Hi Paul,:thumbLuv the white Rs GT3.Do you have any more close ups of that car?....I just put that one in my files!!!!JVLRacingnn[ Edited on 12/7/2005by jvl054 ]