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	Autostadt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Autostadt is a visitor attraction in the area around the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany with a prime focus on automobiles.
		Autostadt is of importance because it is situated very close to where the first Volkswagen was born, in Wolfsburg.
		Autostadt was opened in 2000 by Volkswagen to document the stages of production of Volkswagen vehicles and how the company operates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Autostadt (1438 words)

	Meet the Beetles \| Metropolis Magazine \| November 2000
		The high point of the trip to Autostadt for many visitors will be the delivery of their new vehicles, ordered at local dealers but stored in one of two glass and steel towers, each 20 stories high and packed with 400 cars.
		The lukewarm response generated by the Hannover event, of which Autostadt is an adjunct, suggests the degree to which theme parks and retailers have coopted the magic of world's fairs.
		That Autostadt builds on the company's American success is suggested by its logo: three joined arcs blurred by apparent motion, a variation on the New Beetle emblem.
	www.metropolismag.com /html/content_1100/vw.htm (2846 words)

	Volks gets out the Bugs for theme park Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Autostadt, which opened in 2000, was conceived as a marketing tool to polish Volkswagen's image, and as a place to pick up new cars.
		Autostadt was the brainchild of Volkswagen's now-retired chief executive Ferdinand Piech, who decided the company needed a technological showplace at its headquarters.
		Its 12-yard domed "Room with a View" lets visitors play with a flat screen with touch-sensitive icons that generate complex graphics on the dome -- a map of Prague is one, with the city's churches and monuments flashing on the dome when touched.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20020911/ai_n10819365 (861 words)

	Autostadt Wolfsburg
		Autostadt in Volkwagens home town of Wolfsburg is an event and delivery center.
		Below are some of the pictures I took, and excerpts from a 27-page essay I wrote on the experience of Autostadt and the relationships between architecture and automobiles (translated from Swedish).
		The architecture as such was not a very prominent part of the experience except in the spiral room, instead it was the contents of the building in the form of cars, props and environments that gave permanent impressions.
	www.arch.kth.se /~a98_don/autostadt.html (1826 words)

	Home inspector resources and information for the home inspection industry
		Autostadt is a sort of a combination car factory/theme park.
		At Autostadt, we think the moment in which you receive your new car should be just as special.
		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.
	www.inspectorsjournal.com /Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3021 (982 words)

	Volkswagen UK > Company > Autostadt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In June 2000, Volkswagen opened the Autostadt to the public - an entire city of cars built alongside the Volkswagen HQ in Wolfsburg.
		Each year, 1.2 m visitors to the Autostadt see at first hand the technology behind Volkswagen's legendary reliability, as well as insights into the plans and visions of one of the world's most significant car makers.
		And, at the heart of the Autostadt, on the site where the Beetle first entered mass production, the Customer Centre welcomes new Volkswagen owners to take delivery of up to 1,000 new cars per day.
	www.volkswagen.co.uk /company/autostadt (330 words)

	AUTOSTADT -- ELEVATOR WORLD NOVEMBER 01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The theme was elevators and escalators in Autostadt and the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) programs for children and the elderly.
		He and I discussed the New-City-Bridge, which is the entrance to Autostadt, and how the Schindler walkways used there could be protected from wind and rain.
		A highlight of Autostadt is the twin car towers built by Krupp Stahlbau Hannover GmbH, a division of ThyssenKrupp Industries.
	www.elevator-world.com /magazine/archive01/0111-001.html-ssi (608 words)

	Entry-Level Success Story: Autostadt GmbH, Volkswagen
		Called Autostadt, this approach lets customers use the Internet to select and order a car and pick it up in person at the company's headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.
		Since the Internet front end was an absolutely crucial component of the plan, Autostadt's architects spent years designing a system that would make it quick and easy for consumers to select the features and options for their new cars online.
		The Autostadt team began by evaluating content management solutions to fulfill the essential role of presenting users with an easily used mechanism for specifying the make, model, and options desired on a vehicle--a search that led to Vignette Content Management Server.
	www.sun.com /servers/entry/success/autostadt.html (810 words)

	VW : ReadyAbout Interactive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Autostadt was originally intended as a centralized delivery center for Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany.
		The result was an impressive family entertainment theme park with the numerous attractions and exhibits designed to turn the purchase of a VW into an all-day family excursion.
		With over 8000 visitors per day when the Autostadt first opened in June 2000, the kiosk has been in constant use for over a year without a single trouble report to date.
	www.readyabout.com /portfolio/?vw (594 words)

	Autostadt
		In June 2000, Volkswagen opened the Autostadt, a city of cars alongside Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg.
		At the heart of the Autostadt, the site where the Beetle first entered mass production, the Customer Centre welcomes new Volkswagen owners, who take delivery of up to a thousand new cars each day.
		Autostadt entry is $23 for adults and $10 for children.
	getaway.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=89313 (442 words)

	Travel: Autostadt - Wolfsburg, Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As part of our recent world travel series, we explored the Northern German headquarters of Volkswagen and in particular their Autostadt “theme park” to see those differences, and to find out what there is to see specifically for the Audi owner.
		Autostadt itself has been termed a “theme park” by many, and perhaps in definition that’s what it might be.
		Park your car outside of Autostadt and walk in along a large terrace area with river and factory on one side and the large glass entrance building of Autostadt on the other.
	www.fourtitude.com /news/publish/Features/printer_665.shtml (1413 words)

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		The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg is an integral part of the theme park AUTOSTADT.
		In this separate smaller Autostadt, children are taken care of by trained educationalists and can drive (pedal) cars, possibly for the first time, generate speed with their own power and negotiate small "chicanes".
		The small Autostadt has a lot of exciting things to see and to do related to mobility: Children can play, create objects with their hands and paint under expert guidance from the trained staff.
	www.ritzcarlton.com /hotels/wolfsburg/childrensprog/default.asp (455 words)

	Bentley Drivers Club
		A modern and dramatic presentation of Bentley is a major attraction at Autostadt, an exciting, all-year-round, "automotive theatre" on a grand scale in Wolfsburg, Germany, the manufacturing base of Volkswagen AG.
		Linked to Berlin and Hanover by high-speed trains, Autostadt is one of the most spectacular exhibitions in Europe, expected to attract some 1.5 million visitors a year.
		A spiral staircase, which leads visitors into a series of dramatic zones, is wound around a vividly lit piece of kinetic sculpture - a "power vortex" inspired by the revolutionary "W16" crankshaft used in 8-litre engine of the design concept, Project Hunaudières.
	www.bdc-texas.org /bcnews/22.shtml (392 words)

	Volkswagen Autostadt Car Tower
		A Volkswagen Polo is loaded in the car towers of the VW Autostadt in Wolfsburg, northern Germany on Wednesday.
		The Autostadt, situated next to Volkswagen's headquarter, is the company's theme park, and distribution centre where daily 5,500 visitors view Volkswagen brands like Bentley, Audi, Lamborghini.
		It implies that it is a public garage in Munich, whereas we all know it is a storage facility at Autostadt.
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoax/weblog/comments/3649 (942 words)

	Online Exclusive: Volkswagen Autostadt
		The gleaming, $417-million complex is a precise blend of theme park, museum and architectural statement, spread over 60 acres of lawns crisscrossed with waterways and footpaths.
		Autostadt is the brainchild of VW’s maverick CEO Dr. Ferdinand Piëch.
		Several of the exhibits are triggered by the live hosts, a feature that allows Autostadt to pulse the shows based on foot traffic.
	livedesignonline.com /news/show_business_online_exclusive_volkswagen (2913 words)

	Computerworld - IT drives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Autostadt, or "car city," which is near Wolfsburg, Germany, celebrates its third birthday this month and has attracted more than 6 million visitors.
		Since its opening, Autostadt has migrated to Vignette V6 Content Suite, which uses a newer TCL interpreter and has several new and improved functions, including new services to build reports and the ability to dock onto a servlet engine such as Apache Software Foundation's Tomcat or BEA's WebLogic to deliver Java applications, according to Hollatz.
		Such a reaction is in line with Autostadt's business goal, which is to stand out from the crowd by offering visitors a one-of-a-kind experience.
	www.computerworld.com.au /index.php?id=1915948120 (2018 words)

	Volkswagen UK > Company > Factories
		The Wolfsburg plant is one of the largest and most advanced car factories in the world as well as the headquarters of the Volkswagen Group, and is located in North Germany.
		The factory in Wolfsburg is open to the public and are available every working day from Tuesday to Friday.
		All contact details are contained within the Autostadt page.
	www.volkswagen.co.uk /company/factories (758 words)

	MIT-Germany - Autostadt Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		We would be spending the next two days at the Autostadt, as we prepared for our team presentations in our workshops and socialized over our meals.
		While we did not have enough time on our guided tour to visit all the Autostadt buildings, we did have a yearlong season pass to the Autostadt.
		Many groups spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around the Autostadt, looking for examples of mobility for our mobility presentation the next morning.
	web.mit.edu /mit-germany/iap2005/autostadt.shtml (363 words)

	Wolfsburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In November of 2003, Wolfsburg was renamed Golfsburg for one week to celebrate the 5th generation of the Volkswagen Golf.
		With the opening in 2000 of Autostadt, VW's 750 million dollar 'auto delivery center' containing individual museums for all the car brands owned by VW, as well as restaurants and a Ritz Carlton Hotel, more people had a reason to come to Wolfsburg.
		The building, located adjacent to the main train station, directly across the middle land canal from Autostadt and at the opposite end of the Porschestrasse from the art museum, is a dramatic example of leading edge architecture and construction techniques.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wolfsburg (700 words)

	Foursprung: RFID: Volkswagen Autostadt - Foursprung is the ultimate car gadgets blog and inspired by the four brands ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Foursprung: RFID: Volkswagen Autostadt - Foursprung is the ultimate car gadgets blog and inspired by the four brands which formed Audi, the brand behind the claim "Vorsprung durch Technik".
		Remember that Autostadt is Germany's second most-visited theme park and ensuring that the right car reaches the right person at the right time is a humungous task at this park because innumerable tasks need to be performed before delivery and in order to cure this headache the company moved to RFID.
		The vehicle is conveyed to a 48-meter-high glass tower that holds 400 cars for storage and viewing by Autostadt visitors.
	www.foursprung.com /2006/09/rfid-volkswagen-autostadt_21.html (891 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Parkade
		Car Towers at Volkswagen's Autostadt facility in Wolfsburg, Germany, which is sort of a cross between a Volkswagen showcase and theme park.
		If you visit Autostadt, the high point of your day might be taking delivery of a brand-new Volkswagen automobile.
		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
	www.snopes.com /photos/automobiles/parkade.asp (370 words)

	JS Online:
		Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen's Autostadt theme park has so much to see - art and architecture, film, food and shopping - that visitors might momentarily forget the gleaming steel-and-glass complex belongs to Europe's largest car maker.
		Its 12-yard domed "Room with a View" lets visitors play with a flat screen with touch-sensitive icons that generate complex graphics on the dome - a map of Prague is one, with the city's churches and monuments flashing on the dome when touched.
		People picking up cars - some 40% of VW's domestic sales - get a personalized introduction to their new vehicle by an Autostadt staffer, with the car plucked by computer-controlled hoist from one of the two 20-story glass stacks, given a final buff-up and presented to them in the circular Customer Center.
	www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=78774 (844 words)

	TIME Europe \| Business: Theme Park Debacle \| 8/28/2000
		Autostadt, or Auto City, is the brainchild of VW chairman Ferdinand Piëch.
		Conceived as a place for VW customers to pick up their new cars —; keeping VW perks in line with BMW and Mercedes — it quickly grew into the EuroDisney of the automobile.
		There's a 360-degree theater showing a safety film by German director Dani Levy, rides which simulate the force of a car crash and pavilions for each VW brand.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/0828/expos.html (595 words)

	Alcorn McBride
		Customers receive their new vehicle from one of two parking towers that are over 40 meters tall, combined the towers hold up to 400 vehicles.
		Volkswagen invested approximately 800 million Marks, a quarter of the entire Expo 2000 budget, in the 62 acre AutoStadt.
		In the many pavilions there are over 100 Digital Video Machines, 20 Digital Audio Machines, over a dozen V16s, plus DMX Machines, IO64s, and many other pieces of show control equipment.
	www.alcorn.com /cases/autostadt/index.html (196 words)

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