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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: Volkswagen Auto Towers Sunday, October 23, 2005 Volkswagen Auto Towers I know little about this, but I saw the photo on German Yahoo, and thought it was just too cool not to reproduce. Yes, that's as big as it looks, and those are full-sized Volkswagens, and that's a scary-big elevator without anything even resembling safety rails. Here's the image caption: A Volkswagen Polo is loaded in the "Car Towers" of the VW Autostadt in Wolfsburg, northern Germany, pictured on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005. The Autostadt, situated next to Volkswagen's headquarter, is Volkswagen's theme park, and distribution centre where daily 5500 visitors view Volkswagen brands like Bentley, Audi, Lamborghini. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer) A quick search turned up a lot of articles that made mention of the car towers, but they all seem to cover the computers and mechanized operation of the facility, rather than talking about what it looks like, why they made it that way, etc. The official site isn't much more informative, and it sounds like those towers are just futuristic parking lots, rather than some sort of magical vending machines. Pity that. At Autostadt, collecting your new car is an event in itself. The best idea is to begin that special day with a relaxing trip to Autostadt followed by a tour until the big moment arrives: In a fully automated procedure, your new car is brought down to you from one of the 20-story Car Towers. Large signboards in the Customer Center show you when your turn has come. Then, you're handed the keys, your picture is taken, the glass doors open and your brand-new car appears. You're all set to go. I was trying to envision some sort of viewing area that would let you climb up and down staircases, or ladders, or wear a jetpack as you zipped around and looked over the cars. But even with that, you couldn't get in them (not with a 20 story drop behind you) or test drive them or specify the options and colors and such you wanted. It's still a nifty way to see your new car come out, but it's more novelty than revolution. Posted by: Flux # 3:09 AM Comments: You usually choose the options and color of your car when you order it from VW. The "event" (cough) is to recollect your own "personal" car from the VW Auto Tower. Greetings Vix #: 7:55 PM posted by Anonymous Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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