30 Mar Rear-view Mirror

A regular look back at old motoring and motor sport items…

VW’s OLD BANGER…

While watching a recent episode of the BBC TV general knowledge programme Qi, the question came up “What is Volkswagen’s best-selling product?” The panellists’ answers were Golf? No. Polo? No. Beetle? No. Kombi? No. Passat? No. The answer was … currywurst!

Volkswagen currywurst is a brand of sausage manufactured by the car maker since 1973. It is manufactured at the company’s Wolfsburg plant and sold in restaurants in its six German factories. The currywurst is also sold externally at supermarkets and football stadiums and given away to Volkswagen customers. The sausage is branded as a ‘Volkswagen Original Part’ and has been given the part number 199 398 500 A. The product has been described as the most produced of any of Volkswagen’s parts, some 6,81 million sausages being manufactured in 2018. In many recent years, the company has produced more sausages than cars.

Oh, a Volkswagen ketchup is also produced and sold to accompany the currywurst…

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