VW celebrates 15 millionth Passat at Emden plant

Today, the 15 millionth Passat produced throughout the world rolled off the assembly line at Volkswagen’s Emden plant.
Official DKMS ambassador Sybille Beckenbauer accepted the vehicle as a donation from Prof.
Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Pavel Vacek, plant manager at Emden and Peter Jacobs, Chairman of the Works Council of Emden plant.

The car is a Passat Variant BlueMotion 1.
9 TDI 105 HP in arctic blue silver metallic.
The Passat is one of the most successful models in Volkswagen history and also one of the most popular mid-size models in Europe.
Heizmann stated: “Fifteen million Passats produced in 34 years are a fantastic result which everyone at Emden can take pride in together with all the other members of the Passat family at plants throughout the world”.
Plant manager Pavel Vacek added: “This round figure has a very special significance for our plant.
Of the 15 million Passats produced in total, 5.
9 million were made in Emden.
This indicates the strategic importance of the model as a symbol for Emden plant and the whole region.
” On the presentation of the vehicle in Emden, Sybille Beckenbauer stressed the importance of the charitable work of the German Bone Marrow Donor Center: The Passat donated to the organization will be employed in the large number of campaigns organized by the DKMS.

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