A vehicle built at Wolfsburg has been deemed the 30 millionth Volkswagen Golf.

Production began, seven generations back, in 1974.

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The milestone car was a TDi BlueMotion and will be displayed at a plant open day on Saturday, 15 June.

The Golf is also made in Zwickau (Germany); FAW Volkswagen: Foshan, Guangdong (China); and, from early 2014, Puebla (Mexico).

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