Consuming Interest
SIR,-I was most interested to read Leslie Adrian's article 'Imp and the Impossible.' I must point out, however, that the only difficulty that Volkswagen- werk AG experienced in Germany so far this year has been to supply the increasing demand for vehicles in all categories that Volkswagen produce. They have been able to keep up with the demand only because the new plant at Emden, capable of producing 100,000 vehicles per year, came into pro- duction last December, and as a result of the shared ownership of Auto Union, production of the Volks- wagen 1200 could take place at Ingolstadt.
Most of the German dealers had sold out their first eight months' allocation of vehicles before the end of May, and at one stage the heavy demand from the home market began to threaten even supplies for export. I feel that this correction should be made clear since Volkswagen increased its share of the home market by more than 5 per cent in sales of the 1200 and 1500, before the new models were an- nounced at the beginning of August.
H. E. WHITAKER
Volkswagen House, South Norwood, SE25
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