In the fall of 1981, Volkswagen presented its new flagship: the Santana. 30 Birthday celebration of this rare classic has become friends and lovers on Saturday April 16, 2011 in the Auto Museum Volkswagen, Wolfsburg.
About 20 owners of Santana and Passat related models from all over Germany have agreed to the invitation of Santanazentrum Brunswick already – they are on 16 April from 14.00 clock their vehicles in front of the Volkswagen Auto Museum will present: From the well-manicured collector’s item to the long-distance runners and long-haul driver offer the cars present the complete spectrum of a model on the verge of officially recognized classic.
Owned by the Volkswagen Auto Museum is located with the chassis number 12 on the one of the oldest Santana, Santana, the former top model “GL5″. With the support of Santanazentrum Brunswick and the time the house Autostadt also be a rare base model “CX” and a Santana show in 2000 made in China.
The Santana expanded the program in 1980, published second-generation Passat (B2) up. He had from 1981 to 1984 and from 1985 to 1987 facelift under the name “Passat sedan in Germany a rather short spell as a triumph of the Volkswagen brand and model that has become rare.
With production facilities in Emden, Brussels and Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, Nigeria, Japan and China, the model played but in the 1980s for Volkswagen, the role of “world car” and justified with the series production in China from 1985 in the joint venture Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW), the success of the brand in the Chinese market.
Worldwide to date a total of over four million copies produced in this country the rather unobtrusive Santana make one of the most important models in the product history of Volkswagen. Today, the success story in China is still produced by Santana and the original form continued as the latest development in the shape of the Santana Vista.
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