[JonnyT]

Thought I would share this video clip of a tour of the Autoeurpoa VW factory in Portugal where the Eos is manufactured that I found on YouTube.

I contacted the factory to arrange a visit for when I visited Portugal last week, however they were unable to accommodate my visit due to the reconfiguration of the factory for a new model. Will try again later in the year!

Looks a fascinating production facility!

 

[sia555]

Thanks for posting the link there. Had seen other links to it before but they wanted you to pay first.

Interesting how it's all put together.

 

[smoggypaul]

Great link - mine is due at the dealers on 15th April so it is much on my mind now, and I've just enjoyed imagining that is MY car being made - its a much more manual process that I imagined, with an AWFUL lot of machine help of course!

Paul

 

[Gavster]

Trying to access this video but it says its private and that I have to accept a friend request to view it.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[schoolhousefred]

Trying to access this video but it says its private and that I have to accept a friend request to view it.

Anyone have any ideas?

Hi Gavin,

Here's one on the facory .. not in English tho'. Let me know if you have any problems,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frq1p_-ZSG0

 

[Gavster]

Thanks Fred, I'll have to brush up on my Portuguese!

 

[davidp]

I'm sure some of you have seen this already but for those who haven't here's a very nice pictorial tour of the plant where our babies are made.

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/vortex_news/article_1814.shtml

Cheers, David

 

[jamcar]

thanks David great pics, will certainly be looking at those again when i hear that my eos is due to be built.

 

[Gavster]

Wow that is a fantastic article - many many thanks for posting that link.

 

[davidp]

Glad you like the link guys, it does make you feel like your buying something quite special.

On the subject of links a friend sent me this unusual eos TV advert from South Africa.

http://www.vw.co.za/assets/downloads/tv-commercials/Eos_Monkey.mpg

Cheers, David

 

[schoolhousefred]

I'm sure some of you have seen this already but for those who haven't here's a very nice pictorial tour of the plant where our babies are made.

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/vortex_news/article_1814.shtml

Cheers, David

Thanks David,
Those are, indeed, impressive and interesting photos.

 

[archiea]

Thanks Fred, I'll have to brush up on my Portuguese!

yeah, cause all I heard was "nosh esh cwam tooka nosh esh van Eos nosh toos cosh ish nota veem Eos kause keeng vous cron voosta ish sprreken nosh Eos.

 

[Gavster]

Something that I find amazing is that the whole roof mechanism weighs only 48lbs that's 3 stones and 6 lbs or just under 22 kilos.

 

[jamcar]

Thanks for the Eos monkey clip David, but when i get mine i will not be going to woburn safari park in it thats for sure. See you are expecting delivery in late June, have you heard anything from VW or better still has your new beauty arrived? hope all goes well.

 

[davidp]

Thanks for the Eos monkey clip David, but when i get mine i will not be going to woburn safari park in it thats for sure. See you are expecting delivery in late June, have you heard anything from VW or better still has your new beauty arrived? hope all goes well.

Useless dealers, useless VW, (Grr!). Car stil sitting in Grimsby docks getting covered in fish heads! Dealer has promised to collect it so should have it 4th July.
Cheers, David

 

[Mike]

The pics are great ... but you can't convince me that my EOS was made in a car factory. ;-p

 

[monkeymojo]

cool picture tour.. top notch quality!

 

[jamcar]

David have you got your eos, im hoping the reason you have not given us an update is because you are having lots and lots of fun driving your new car!!

 

[silvershadow]

I think the time is right to refresh this thread as many of our more recent members may not be aware of its existence - this is where and how our cars were made. I have updated the links as appropriate:

VW Eos Factory Tour report from VWVortex website:

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/vortex_news/article_1814.shtml

Video of Eos Factory Tour - audio is not good due to factory noise and video quality leaves a lot to be desired but still very interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVm7_AqshaQ

VW have also set-up a "factory of the future" in Dresden to manufacture the Phaeton - no wonder VW are increasing market share whilst the traditional big manufacturers fall beside the wayside:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd5WGLWNllA

 

[eos3]

due to the reconfiguration of the factory for a new model.

Any idea what new model? EOS replacement? Is EOS moving elsewhere?
Fred