This week, VW’s plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, built the 30 millionth Golf, about 39 years after production of the original Golf began in early 1974. Volkswagen’s most successful European car ever, the Golf has been sold in over 2,000 units every day over the past 39 years.
The milestone car is a Golf TDI BlueMotion, a recently introduced model that boasts a fuel consumption of just 3.2 liters/100 km (73.5 US mpg), making it the most economical Golf ever built. The vehicle will be officially on display for employees of the Wolfsburg plant on Saturday at the plant’s “open house day”.
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