On MAy 17 of this year the Chancelor laid 
the cornerstone for the factory, which is to be
situated near Fallersleben (Hanover) at the inter-
section of the East-West Autobahn and the Mittelland Canal.  It has been stated that the plant 
will eventually employ 60,000 workers and will be
a combined "model factory" and "model village" in
every respect, boasting of all the improvements of
"Beauty of Work" and possessing a workers' settlement colony which will be rendered comfortable and
beautiful by parks, sport places, etc.  A first
series of 30,000 cars will be ready at the end of 
1939; while production will be progressively 
stepped up thereafter, it is expected that manufacture will not reach the peak of about a million and
a half until 1946.
 
 Pilot models of the car which will eventually 
be produced in three types, a limousine, an open
car, and a convertible limousine, have already been 
exhibited.  Designed to seat 4 to 5 passengers, the 
car is 4.2 meters long (13 feet, 8 inches), 1.55 meters wide (5 feet, 1 inch) and weighs 650 kg (1438
pounds).  An aircooled motor of 24 horse power
(German measurement) placed in the rear will, it is 
claimed, consume only 6 or 7 liters (6 to 6 1/2
quarts) od gasolime and 1/10 of a liter of oil per
100 kilometers, or 65 miles.  The car, it is furthermore claimed, will be capable of a sustained