WOLFSBURG has no cathedral, but two glass towers loom over the city. Inside them, robots whisk new Volkswagens into storage racks, an entertaining ceremony akin to a votive offering. The towers also dominate the Autostadt, a sprawling, car-themed entertainment park and VW marketing wheeze, more popular than any other tourist site in Lower Saxony, a big German state. Since 2000, 33m car pilgrims have paid homage there; last year brought a record 2.42m visitors. (Even more devotees flock to BMW Wo...
WOLFSBURG has no cathedral, but two glass towers loom over the city. Inside them, robots whisk new Volkswagens into storage racks, an entertaining ceremony akin to a votive offering. The towers also dominate the Autostadt, a sprawling, car-themed entertainment park and VW marketing wheeze, more popular than any other tourist site in Lower Saxony, a big German state. Since 2000, 33m car pilgrims have paid homage there; last year brought a record 2.42m visitors. (Even more devotees flock to BMW Wo...
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