Inside, March 6, 2019, No 02
Honor presented in Berlin: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (fourth from left) with Holocaust survivor Leon Schwarzbaum (second from right), Volkswagen apprentices and Christoph Heubner (left), and Ines Doberanzke (right) from the International Auschwitz Committee. Evdokia Siori (19), logistics apprentice at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Hanover, with trainer Lars-Timm Felker. Van Made of 400,000 Lego Blocks It’s 4.5 meters long, 1.7 meters wide, and 1.9 meters high: Three Lego model-makers have built a full-scale T2 van using the popular building blocks. It took them around 600 hours. The vehicle consists of 400,000 Lego blocks and weighs 700 kilograms. By way of comparison, the original Volkswagen T2 van, which was built from 1967 to 1971, had a curb weight of 1,300 kilograms. The Lego van was presented at the travel and leisure trade show “f.re.e” in Munich. Eye-catcher: The T2 made of toy bricks. Plus 14.4 Percent: Good Start Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has started the new year strongly: The brand delivered 39,500 vehicles to customers worldwide in January. That represents a year-on-year increase of 14.4 percent for the month. The key European markets of Germany, the UK, Spain, France, and Italy accounted for over two thirds of the total volume for the month with 26,700 vehicle deliveries (+24.9 percent). The markets in eastern Europe also contributed substantially to the sales volume with a total of 3,850 vehicle deliveries (+40.6 percent). Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles apprentice Evdokia Siori (19) and three other Volkswagen apprentices accompanied Leon Schwarzbaum, survivor of the Auschwitz extermination camp, to a reception with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The International Auschwitz Committee had invited the apprentices from Hanover, Braunschweig, and Wolfsburg. Last year, they helped to preserve the concentration camp memorial.