In 2017, Volkswagen made 6.8 million currywursts. Surprised? Me too. Who knew that one of the world’s leading car makers has a major side hustle selling spicy sausages?

Volkswagen has been making the sausages for more than 45 years at the company’s flagship plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. While the currywurst is offered in the cafeterias of many European Volkswagen plants, it’s also sold in grocery stores (under the brand Volkswagen Originalteil, or “original parts”), and sometimes gifted to new Volkswagen owners at car dealerships.  For more of the article, click here.