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Volkswagen is going to start deliveries of its new Golf hatchback in December after shaving an hour off the time needed to construct its flagship model, the board member responsible for production at the VW brand stated on Tuesday.
Volkswagen’s main factory located in Wolfsburg, Germany is planning to make 450,000 Golf cars annually with the manufacturing time of the eighth-generation model sped up by one hour every vehicle, Andreas Tostmann informed journalists in a call.
Because VW can re-use 80% of the tooling for its new model, the automaker will invest a midsized triple-digit million euros amount in overhauling production, the automaker stated.
