Tour the Factory Where Bentley Handcrafts Its Luxury Rides!
MOST AUTOMOTIVE FACTORIES pride themselves on how quickly they can stamp out new cars. Last year, Volkswagen’s massive plant in Wolfsburg, Germany—the largest in the world—stamped out about 3,500 Golfs and Tiguans a day. That’s about two cars a minute, using robots, perpetual shift changes, and precisely choreographed, just-in-time parts delivery strategies from a global network of suppliers...
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