Word: volkswagen
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...largest automobile factory. Perched there he spoke with the pride and feeling of an automobile salesman on the subject of Germany's new Strength-through-Joy (Kraft durch Freude) flivver. Within easy pointing distance were three slick models for the new 65-miles-per-hour, $396 Volkswagen, which Der Führer expects will one day be as much a part of every German's life as an Ersatz sausage in every pot. "This streamlined four-seater," barked the Fuhrer, "is a mechanical marvel. It can be bought on the installment plan for six Reichsmarks a week, including...
Later the Führer inspected the models (see cut) with Dr. E. H. Ferdinand Porsche, racing-car expert entrusted with directing the manufacture of the Volkswagen, then took a spin in one. The Volkswagen is supposed to run 60,000 miles without mechanical repairs. Its motor, located in the rear, will develop 24 horsepower, will send it 35 joyous miles on a 60-cent gallon of fuel...
...Transport Leslie Burgin was recently driven for some hours at an average speed of 89 m.p.h. "We have the best motor roads in the world!" cried the Führer, opening the 1938 show. "Soon we will build the cheapest car in the world!"This car, the famed Volkswagen or "people's car," often referred to in Nazi electioneering speeches, has been under development by German engineers since 1933, and the Führer has several times voiced his impatience with their slowness...
...Government officially announced that the Labor Front is now beginning work "immediately" near Brunswick on the world's largest automobile plant, expressly to build Volkswagen. The plant, a Nazi show place, is to rise in the open countryside, surrounded by new homes for thousands of workers, with sports grounds, gymnasium, a hotel for visitors, administration offices perched high in a tower. Keynoted Nazi spokesmen: "Soon there will be a Volkswagen for every German...
...There must be only one type of volkswagen manufactured by our various German factories to insure the greatest economy and efficiency!" ultimatumed the Dictator last week. "When I compare some economic policies with our National Socialist program I come to this conclusion: Marxism demands more wages, National Socialism more production. The first means paper and the second products...