A tour of Volkswagen's new transparent factory

A tour of Volkswagen's new transparent factory.

By Jason Kottke • Feb 3, 2004 at 10:58 am

There are 11 reader comments

Cheapbastard • Feb 03 2004 • 1:46PM

Wow. That's Fahrvergnuegen!

It has an Ikeaish feel though..

dan • Feb 03 2004 • 3:08PM

For all its transparency, I kinda expected it to be a little more Om.

Alex Reynolds • Feb 03 2004 • 6:49PM

Where's do they build the robot chauffeur to drive me around in this thing?

gogol13 • Feb 03 2004 • 7:14PM

here's an article on the nu-factory mvoment in e.germany :D

http://www.iht.com/articles/120162.html

phaeton!

Peter Davidson • Feb 03 2004 • 10:29PM

I hope American Carmakers take note. The Saturn Homecoming events long ago taught carmakers about the magic of plant tours. This is the next level.

Karl • Feb 03 2004 • 11:07PM

I wonder how much of the $94,600 for its 2004 Phaeton W12 ultra luxury sedan covers the cost of the factory. I mean, it's a Volkswagen! $94K? (though I have to admit, it is a sweet car)

Dan Shust • Feb 04 2004 • 11:20AM

Unfortunately...the Phaeton's aren't selling well. Especially stateside.

That is neat that those cars are custom made to order inside big glass containers, It's like a Dippin' Dots machine, but with cars!

The next step has to be allowing the customer to pick up one of those fancy inductively recharged screwdrivers to install their own accessories.

shaun • Feb 05 2004 • 4:31AM

I hope the restroom walls aren't transparent too.

soulonice • Feb 05 2004 • 2:39PM

That 2nd photo is reminiscent of the interior of the downtown Marriot in South Bend, IN.

This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.