Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:42:36 -0400
Reply-To: Justin Mayrand <jmayrand@METROCAST.NET>
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From: Justin Mayrand <jmayrand@METROCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Microbus Concept in Production says this website...
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ANd oh so ugly...
Justin M. Mayrand
1980 Westy "SuperVan"
On Oct 20, 2006, at 3:03 PM, robertmstewart wrote:
> http://www.ohiovw.com/news/microbus.asp
>
> So here’s something I found today, some more recent news on the
> Microbus
> concept: lets all hold our breath till it comes out...
>
> Here’s what the site stated:
>
> · 1,500 new jobs at Stöcken site
> · 5000 x 5000 model complete
> · Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder: all market studies positive
> · Bernd Wiedemann: entering new era
> · Günter Lenz: staff put up marvelous fight
>
> The decision has been taken: the Microbus will be built in Hanover.
> In the
> presence of several thousand employees, the management and Works
> Council
> today signed an agreement to build the new model. Speaking at the
> Stöcken
> site, Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder, Chairman of the Board of Management
> Volkswagen AG, said: "Having reviewed the economic requirements for
> building
> the Microbus in the Group, we have come to the conclusion that,
> based on the
> 5000 x 5000 project and a thorough restructuring of the Hanover
> site, the
> conditions are good."
>
> Bernd Wiedemann, Spokesman of the Managing Body Volkswagen Commercial
> Vehicles, commented: "This is a great day for Hanover. Volkswagen
> Commercial
> Vehicles is entering a new era."
>
> The decision means 1,500 new jobs for the Hanover plant. These jobs
> will be
> created as part of the unique 5000 x 5000 labour model. Under this new
> concept, Volkswagen AG will employ a total of 5,000 persons for a
> gross wage
> of DM 5,000 (€ 2,556). The decision to create 3,500 new jobs to
> produce a
> minivan at the Wolfsburg plant was already taken last year.
>
>
> Günter Lenz, Chairman of the Works Council Volkswagen Commercial
> Vehicles,
> said: " The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles team put up a marvellous
> fight to
> win this vehicle. All our efforts have been rewarded. The decision
> shows
> that the Hanover site can hold its own in an international
> comparison of VW
> locations."
>
> Bernd Wiedemann thanked the Volkswagen AG Board of Management for the
> confidence it was placing in the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
> brand: "The
> decision is a great challenge - a challenge we are very willing to
> accept."
>
> By deciding to build the Microbus, Volkswagen has set its sights on
> a new
> segment - a MPV combining striking design and high functionality
> with the
> comfort of a limousine. Dr. Pischetsrieder emphasised that "with the
> Microbus, a legend begun some 50 years ago when the first VW bus
> left the
> production line here is now returning to Hanover. The VW bus was
> never just
> a means of transport, it has always been an emotive cult object. The
> public's reaction at motor shows combined with the findings of market
> studies already show us that the Microbus design has a spontaneous
> appeal,
> and that the vehicle will follow in the footsteps of its successful
> predecessor."
>
> The Microbus concept car debuted at the Detroit Motor Show. The
> vehicle was
> also given an enthusiastic reception at the Tokyo, Geneva and
> Frankfurt
> Motor Shows. The Microbus was designed at the Volkswagen Design
> Studio in
> California.
>
> Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles / Communications
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