Volkswagen built its 100,000,000th car today (Tuesday).
The milestone vehicle was a Touran 1.9 TDI. During the company's 60-year history, it has built:
21 million Beetles
23 million Golfs
13 million Passats
9 million Polos
VW has factories in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, employing a global workforce of 133,000.
And its success globally is matched in Britain - 2005 is set to be the third year in a row in which it posts record UK sales.