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 DubbyFan
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| posted on August 11th, 2012 at 05:46 PM |
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VW Factory on TV
Short notice as in right now on 7mate channel 72, VW and Wolfsburg visit. VW factory coming I hope! Has anyone seen that glass tube building which
stores the cars at the VW factory, what an awesome bit of kit! It has a lift up the middle to move the cars around.
Didn't have much on VWs really so if you missed it you didn't miss much.
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| posted on August 11th, 2012 at 06:35 PM |
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also on this week on mega factories is the Audi A8 build. should be worth a watch....
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| posted on August 11th, 2012 at 06:39 PM |
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I've recently come back from Germany and seen the glass factory in Dresden. I'll dig up some pics and post them.
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| posted on August 11th, 2012 at 07:07 PM |
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From the outside of the "glass factory"
from across the road and some closer views of the factory
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| posted on August 11th, 2012 at 07:12 PM |
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The inside
I don't think you are supposed to take pics inside, but I snapped this sneaky. FYI the only assemble the Phaeton in here, their top of the line
model, which are all custom built to clients' requirements.
They have some interesting videos playing in there on some of the popular models, like the Kafer.
One of the cool things is that Dresden didn't want VW bringing in semi loads of parts etc into their town. So VW had 2 custom trams built to run on
the tram system and it runs twice a day bringing in the parts for the 2 shifts.
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| posted on August 11th, 2012 at 08:53 PM |
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We watched it (and recorded it as well) and was pretty good. Unfortunately they didn't show any of the manufacturing side of it. The 2 glass towers
are called Turmfahrt and we have been on the tour that takes you up to the top where the views are spectacular. It is definitely worth a visit and
the Ritz Carlton hotel on site is absolutely fantastic as well so you stay there if you ever go.
Yogie
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