Volkswagen’s 200,000 California campervan rolls off production line

The 200,000 VW California 6.1 Ocean campervan has just been produced in Volkswagen’s Hanover factory in Germany. The campervan, which comes with 4Motion all-wheel drive and 7-speed DSG automatic gearbox, two-tone paint finish and electric pop-up roof with red bellows including three windows, marks a significant milestone for the California since it first went into production in 1988.

“The California has been a real success story for 35 years,” says Josef Baumert, from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. "200,000 vehicles are also 200,000 customers who are discovering the world with a California made in Hanover. This outstanding success is due in particular to the employees who build what is surely the most successful camper van in the world every day with their know-how and passion at the main plant in Stöcken and in campervan production.”

The successor to the California 6.1 will come from Hanover in 2024 and will be manufactured according to the same principle as the current model: the base vehicle is manufactured at the main plant in Hanover-Stöcken, where it receives the necessary cut-outs for the roof, windows and connections, for example. It is then converted into a campervan in the California production department five miles away.

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