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Date:         Fri, 10 Nov 1995 08:06:29 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         RGOLEN@umassd.edu
Subject:      This Month In VW History



11/1/58 - From now on all VW engines are manufactured in the Hanover
VW Plant, in addition to VW Commercial Vehicles.


11/25/60 - Decision taken to establish the "Stiftung Volkswagenwerk"
(Volkswagenwerk Foundation) to further science and technology through
research and teaching.


11/29/68 - The 15 millionth VW since the end of the war comes off the
assembly line.


11/26/76 - 30,000,000th Volkswagen produced


11/20/78 - Volkswagen shares listed on the Vienna stock exchange. The
"Iltis", the new multi-purpose 4WD off-road vehicle is introduced to
the public.


11/81 - The 40,000,000th VW built


11/8/82 - The Wolfsburg plant produces its 20 millionth vehicle, a
Volkswagen GOLF turbo diesel.




Ric
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