With the production launch of the Lupo 3L TDI, the first production car to offer fuelconsumption of just three litres per 100 kilometres, in July 1999, Volkswagen onceagain makes automotive history.In August 2002, at Volkswagen Slovakia, mass production of the Touareg, a luxury-classoff-road vehicle, is started, marking the Volkswagen brand's move into an entirely newmarket segment.In December 2002 the "Auto 5000 GmbH" company, operating a plant at the Group'ssite in Wolfsburg, starts production of the Touran compact van. A special collective paymodel has been developed, aimed at implementing lean production and involving flathierarchies, team working, flexible working hours and the deployment of more processexpertise by the workforce.In 2003 production of the fifth-generation Golf is started, embodying a new dynamism inits design and engineering.
THE VOLKSWAGEN GROUP:
The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leadingautomobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. In 2007, the Groupincreased the number of vehicles delivered to customers to 6.189 million (2006: 5.734million), corresponding to a 9.8 percent share of the world passenger car market.The Group is made up of nine brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen,Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, Skoda, Scania and Volkswagen commercialvehicles.Each brand has its own character and operates as an independent entity on the market.The product range extends from low-consumption small cars to luxury class vehicles. Inthe commercial vehicle sector, the product offering spans pick ups, busses and heavytrucks.The Group operates 48 production plants in thirteen European countries and a further six countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. Around the world, more than 360,000
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