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Auto 5000 GmbH was a German vehicle manufacturing company set up inside the Volkswagen complex in Wolfsburg. The company was set up as a lower cost model with the aim of keeping manufacturing jobs in Germany at a time when production was moving to other areas. Key reductions in cost were a lower weekly rate of pay and more flexible working hours.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Auto 5000 GmbH was a German vehicle manufacturing company set up inside the Volkswagen complex in Wolfsburg.2
The initial monthly rate of pay was 5000 Deutsche Marks and the initial number of employees was 5000 (3500 in Wolfsburg and 1500 additional jobs at Hanover) hence the company name.
From Wikipedia’s article on Auto 5000, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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The company manufactured the Touran (Dec 2002 to 2008) and Tiguan (2007 to 2008).
From Wikipedia’s article on Auto 5000, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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