One millionth Volkswagen T5 rolls off the production line
Written By Richard Lawton Published On: Jun 30 2009 The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant in Hanover, Germany has celebrated a historic milestone as the one millionth T5 rolled off the production line today.The vehicle in question was a Transporter Van 1.9-litre TDI 62 kW in Tornado Red (pictured)‘The T5 is and remains the number one in its segment for new registrations in Europe and Germany,’ commented Stephan Schaller, CEO of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles during the celebrations at the Hanover plant. ‘One million T5s – that means one million customers towards whom we have a particular responsibility. This number is, furthermore, the product of all employees at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles: in Production, but also in Development and Procurement, in Quality Assurance, in Sales and everywhere in the brand and in our dealerships,’ said Schaller.
2008 sawVolkswagen Commercial Vehicles deliver approximately 178,000 T5s to customers. Alongside Great Britain, the most important markets in Europe include Germany, The Netherlands and Austria.The T5 series is made up of the Transporter, Caravelle, Multivan and California models; with the Hanover plant focusing on closed vehicle verisons and the plant in Poznan building open construction versions, with production starting on the T5 platform back in March 2003.The T5 is in full swing. One million vehicles produced is the incentive to beat the approximately 1.7 million predecessor model T4s that were built in Hanover.
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