that is the nickname many brazilians give their vw, be -- vw comvi. a prayer is about daily protection for passengers. the model has hardly changed since production started in brazil 56 years ago. volkswagen's type to model is used from us everything in brazil. versatile and with a low price tag, the microbus is the workhorse of many small firms. he earns his living with the vw van. he uses his for his children's party hire service. and he has become a passionate fan of the vehicle and its merchandise. >> i've been working with it since i was 18. but it has been there my entire life. my father had one. i was more or less rays inside one, watching my father worked. it is more than just a means of transportation. >> an outdoor market in sÃo paulo. like the vendor next door, mario santos has been bringing his wares to the market for years in his convi. >> i bought in 1974 and it has been with me until now. it has given me the little that i have now. i don't agree with stopping production. i am totally against it. >> the first one in brazil was built in 1

nissan has now also earns his living with the vw van. he uses his comedy for his children's party hire service. and he's become a passionate fan of the vehicle and its merchandise. my mom more than working with the commies and i was eighteen. the gandhi has been in my entire life my father on the door and i was more or less raise decided on the watching my father work. oh my it's more than just a means of transportation. as an outdoor market in sao paolo. like the vendor next or money on some toast of the house has been bringing his wares to the market for years and is connie. oh and did a lot of the nineteen seventy four and has been with me until now you give me the little that i have now i don't agree with stopping production of the commie i'm totally against it. so for the main sponsor. the first monday in brazil was built in nineteen fifty seven. since then one point six million have rolled off the factory line. but production and sound december twenty s at the start of the new year airbags and anti lock brakes become mandatory in b

this vw factory in sao paulo is the last place in the world the combi is made.w they are assembling the final few. is. >> all new vehicles sold have to come equipped standard with air bags and antilock breaks. there is no way to retrofit the vehicle to accommodate that. so the people at volkswagen say, it's better to retire it. >> back at the going away party there was nonstop talk about their adventures with the vehicle. a map inside his combi traces everywhere it's been, he's taken it to three world cups and driven it to dozens of countries in four different continents. >> when i'm traveling in it it's where i eat, where i sleep. when i'm tired i stop the car and spend the night with it. >> spoken like a true combi lover will have to carry on the legacy of those still on the road, now that no more will be made. gabriel assandro, al jazeera, sao paulo. >> well, we have nor east terse, terse -- nor'easters, colorado lows, an area of low pressure moves out of canada very fast. goes over the border states and dumps some snow. but not as much snow as what you would

this is about a deep, intense infatuation for the vw minivan. it's called the cone bee, and it's ending production after six decades, but a lot of people aren't ready to see good-bye as gabriel reports. >> reporter: he left his home in california to drive up and down neshg in his bus. it's quite reliable, he said. >> he had to take a motor route in ecuador and put noo piston rings on it. that's it. >> like most owners, the love affair with the iconic vehicle is something different. >> you don't buy a car. you ber a relationship, and i feel it. i feel this car. >> he and other vm bus lovers fwaered in sao paulo to remember it. they're discontinuing production before the end of the year. since 1975, this vw factory in sao paulo is the last place in the world it's made, 140 a day are produced here, but now they're assembling the final few. there's a new law in effect in brazil january 1st. all new vehicles sold to come equipped with air bags and antilock brakes. there's simply no way to retrofit the vehicle to accommodate that, so the people at vol

since 1975 the vw factory is the last place in the world the kombi is made. 140 a day are produced here, but now they are assembled in the final few. >> there's a new law going into effect in brazil saying all new vehicles have to come equipped with air bags and breaks. there's no way to retrofit the vehicle. so the people at volkswagen will retire it. >> for these kombi owners, it was nonstop talk about their adventures with the vehicle. a map inside his kombi traces everywhere it's been. he's taken it to three world cups and driven it in dozens of continents. >> when i travel, it's where i eat, sleep. when i'm tired i stop the car and spend the night with it. subpoena like a true kombi lover, who will have to carry on the legacy of those on the road, that no more will be made. >> they will be missed. that will do it for this editio aljazeera.com. thanks for watching.

on friday, the last vw minibus rolling off the assembly line in brazil. as al jazeera tells us, some people really aren't ready to say goodbye. it's been three years since he left his home to drive up and down south america in the bus. the vehicle is a little beat up, but full of personality and quite reliable he says. >> the only time i have had to take the motor out was in ecuador. that's it. >> like most owners of v.w. vans their love affair with the iconic vehicle is well something different. you enter a relationship. i feel it, i feel this car. >> bus lovers gathered in south palo to hold a farewell party of sorts 63 years after it was first introduced on the market. volkswagen is discontinuing produkes before the end of the year. this v.w. factory 140 a day are produced here, but now they are assembling the final few. all new vehicles sold have to become i quipped standard with air bags and antilock brakes. there is simply no way to retro fit the vehicle to accommodate that, so the people say it is better just to retire it. >> the owners back at the

. >> like most owners of vw vans or kombis, their love affair with the iconic vehicle is something different. >> you don't buy a car, you enter a relationship. >> other bus runners gathered to hold a farewell party of sorts. 63 years after it was introduced in the market. volkswagen is dispong production on the kombi. since 1975. this is the last place in the world, 140 a day are produced here, but now there are several in the final few. >> this is an all-new vehicle, iquipped with air bags. the compi - there's no way to retrofit the vehicle. the people of volkswagen did better just to retire if. >> for kombi owners, that means a going away party, there was nonstop talk about adventures with the vehicles. a map inside the compi traces everywhere it's been. he's taken to to three world cups and driven in dozens of countries. when i am travelling it's where i eat, when i'm tired i stop the car and spend the night with her. spoken like a true kombi lover who had to carry on the legacy on the road, now, that no more would be made. >> now, it turns out antibacterial soaps may do more harm than go

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. >> reporter: most owners of vw vans or kombies known in brazil the love affair with the vehicle is,ng different. >> you don't buy a car you enter a relationship and i feel it, i feel this car. >> reporter: panton and other bus lovers gathered in south palo to hold a farewell of sorts 63 years after it was first introduced in the market and they are discontinuing production on it before the end of the year. since 1975 this vw factory in south palo is the last place in the world it's made, 140 a day are produced here but now they are assembling the final few. a new law goes in january 1 and all have to have standard airbags and anti-lock brakes but there is no way to retrofit the vehicle to accommodate that, so the people at volkswagon say it's better just to retire it. >> translator: for owners back at the going away party there was nonstop talk about the adventures with the vehicle. a map inside his, traces everywhere it has been and he has taken it to three world cups and driven it in dozens of countries in four different contine continents. >> translator: when i travel it's where

vw says it is building 1,000 last edition models priced at $40,000 each. >> a reminder. you can keep up to date with all the news on the website. that's aljazeera.com. a very big merger monday. tonight marked the official completion of american airlines megamerger with a. sir ways and it comes just as millions of passengers prepare for the normally busy holiday travel season. the new corporate combo keeps the american name, and creates the world's largest airline by market value. plus, there will be 100

this is country the much loved vw van kombi may come out of production.ve had a number of people writing in talking about the chevy impala. >> i'm a bmw man. and my first bmw when i started here trading, a bmw 525i, the british green with the tan interior. i still have it. and i've had many, many more. so i am nostalgic. the good old bmws. takes a strong man to drive a 1992 car. >> good man. you can keep that forever. that one might become a classic. you never know. thanks very much for that, al n allen. it's very good to see you. >> thank you. >>> we had a '72 chevy, as well, earlier. a whole range of collections. that's things for all you've sent us. i'll be away next week. so i hope you have a great christmas. coming up next, "squawk box" and the countdown to the opening markets stateside. good buy for now. >>> good morning. janet yellen's confirmation as federal reserve chairman is going to have to wait for the new year. >>> blackberry is set to report quarterly results. and do you remember mikhail khodorkovsky? the millionaire is now said to be a fre

vw says it is building 1,000 last edition models priced at $40,000 each. >> a reminder. you can keep up to date with all the news on the website. that's aljazeera.com. a very big merger monday. tonight marked the official completion of american airlines megamerger with a. sir ways and it comes just as millions of passengers prepare for the normally busy holiday travel season. the new corporate combo keeps the american name, and creates the world's largest airline by market value. plus, there will be 100,000 employees going to more than 330 worldwide destinations. the deal, two years in the making the latist round began when they combined with american eagle, that was followed with delta and northwest in 2008, united and continental, and southwest in air tran in 2011. the latest merger now brings the number of major u.s. carriers flying the skies from seven a decade ago, to just four today. together, the four left take up an estimated 80% inflation fairs in real terms dropped by almost 1%. what has changed over the years though is the number of fees passengers now pay in

sal with saudi arabia the emirates this is a pro patience and perfect time for beans the dollar the vw till i'm pretty skillful tap into realistic to remain still immediately took a book to potential because of the huge percentage of people who buy the potential of its their investment. once he's such a high percentage of people by the listed to be canceled for investment. it's written on the wall that something big is going to happen. it's got me to the dance of the dog in commercial property. i think huge oversupply in the fuel it be a reduction in prices of commercial real estate the day. officer in them this guy makes spring. with the city of reach all those sorts of evidence that instead. and that people are more exposed out to the possibilities. and because they know that it's possible they will not sound activate the triggers and the weapons so quickly. so yes i'm optimistic about the middle east. the only thing i'm not optimistic is the cost of living in the state of israel. i don't see any live in the near future. the solution for housing. or at the medical into stocks and i t

taken look at vw into the steady progress they have made. nine .1 million.ou look at the hottest selling cars in october, you start to understand some of the eugeot is facing. also take a look at the share price. an absolute beating. gm said it was looking to get out of the partnership selling seven percent stake. yesterday it was down nearly 30% in five days. that is a precipitous decline. we will see whether or not as they can turn around or if there is optimism in these figures we are going to be getting in about 15 minutes a >> would've a short list for car of the year. drum roll. who made it. >> i will have to look. alphabetical order. not taking it. the bmw i3. mazda 3. mercedes-benz s. s. tesla model mark, i will not ask you what you drive. >> i can ask in a word. nothing. >> thank you very much. numbers withine the hour. it snaps the market share. man is crazy with more. -- manus cranny with more. >> it will probably be the first profit. this is definitely a transformation story. the stock is up 83%. the ceo took to the twitter. expecting christmas a

. >> panton and other vw bus lovers gathered in sao paulo, to say good-bye to the combi 63 years afterwas introduced. volkswagen is discontinuing production of the combi before the end of the year. this factory is is the last place. there is a new law that goes into effect january 1st which says all vehicles sold have to come standard with air bags and antilock breaks. being with the combi, there is no way to comment that so the folks at volkswagen decided to retire it. back at the going-away party there was nonstop talk about their adventures with the vehicle. the map traces everywhere it's pen. he's driven to dozens of countries. >> when i'm tired i stop the car and spend a night with her. >> spoken like a true combi lover will have to carry on the legacy of those still on the road now that no more will be made. gabriel savmentsando, al jazeera, sao paulo. >> why paramount is paying millions to promote comorman 2. >> america tonight next only on al jazeera america >> evey sunday night, >> well, in case you haven'theas returning. anchor man 2 is just days away, but weeks of marketing

vw camper van play set.m and the basement. >> look at that. >> great for the beach in the summer, great chill tent on the beach. 64 bucks. >> does it have windows? >> it has a zip-out -- >> i know. >> velcro. >> okay, cute. >> moving up the age spectrum, oliver, how are you doing? >> oliver! >> this is a sensation, the hoodie backpack. it's a thing among kids, as everyone knows. this hoodie backpack. curious thing that's happening. who has done it? nike has done it. >> nike? >> kind of functional fashion. oliver isn't going to wear a hat, no matter what his mom says, right? >> yeah. >> why aren't you in school? >> because i just like this backpack. it's really cool. >> okay. cool. >> sock, so moving up the age spectrum further to the brother. the guy serious about the beer should be serious about the glassware he drinks it out of. the best barware out there. this set of four is about $40. and it comes with a glass for every type of beer. now there's nothing worse than coming home, wanting a cold one and find

. >> panto nrveg and other vw bus lovers gathered in sao paulo. , volkswagen is discontinuing production on the combi at the end of the year. this is the last place in the world the combi is made. 140 a day are produced here, they are assembling a final few. >> all new vehicles sold have to come equipped standard with air bags and eanlt lock -- and eafnt locantilocks breaks. ing the people at voc waggen say it's better to just retire it. there was nonstop talk about their adventures with the vehicle. a map inside his combi traces everywhere its been. dozens of countries and four different continents. >> translator: when i'm trafg in it, it's where i eat, where i sleep, i stop the car and spend the night with it. >> spoanl like a true combi lover, now no more will be made. gabriel asando, being al jazeera. >> marchups have been decided for the round of 16 in the uefa league. the biggesting will see manchester city take on barcelona. two of the best managers in the world, going head to head. madrid clashed with selca and manchester united. >> manchester city,. >> fc bar barcelona. >> it's

you can get into a vw jetta for under $200 a month. that's crazy. they are building the sales numbers, the goal to brake the 15 million mile marker. >> consumers expected to spend $34 million on vehicles. there's new optimism for autoworkers in iraq. iran agreed to limit their nuclear program in exchange or an easing of economic sanctions. we have our report. >> back on track. people in iran's car industry found a renewed sense of optimism. the country wants to become a top 10 automaker, producing up to 3 million cars a year. the goal is a step closer, because of november's nuclear agreement, which includes lifting sanctions on iran's car industry. >> our plan is after removing the sanctions we go to the direction to remove all weakness point of industry. not just parts. >> iran's main partners started pulling out of the auto industry in 2012. it followed an international an on trading with tehran's car-building sector. at its peak in 2011 iran produced 1.7 million cars annually. this year the production dropped by almost 40%. while iran wants to re

>> vw built the first leed platinum plant -- leed stands for leadership in energy and environmental designatinum is the highest level you could possibly get. our colleague matt miller went down to chattanooga to check it out. >> i am headed to the volkswagen factory in chattanooga, tennessee. it is a big one -- they produce more than 150,000 passats per year. the factory is really environmentally friendly. think blue -- that is their big slogan here. >> think blue means sustainability. not just the vehicle, also the factory itself. when we designed the factory, we took the leed checklist to set up a platinum facility. assembling parts, paint job, body shop -- >> bob, what do you do here? >> i am the welding specialist for the body shop. >> that is a pretty big deal. welding is a big part of the body shop. >> a lot of responsibility. what makes us different, it is called adaptive weld control that monitors the welding current and reacts in real time and inputs the exact amount of energy needed to make a good weld. normally, you will see a lot of expulsions of metal flying. >> i like it when

and in 1968, i was driving a vw. >> "think small." >> yes, yeah, yeah. and i thought, "well, why don't they see it?" and -- >> in detroit? >> yeah. well, maybe they did. i don't know. they -- >> they saw -- they saw it too late. >> they certainly did. way too late. >> and then there is the poem "they feed they lion." where did that title come from? >> the title has a curious story. and when i was probably 18, at the most 19, i was working in what, in detroit, we call a grease shop. and a young man and i -- he was a couple years older, his name was eugene watkins. i still remember his name. we were sorting the crosses that go to universal joints. and the ones that had to be scrapped, we were putting in a big sack. and the ones that were salvageable, that could be reworked and rebuilt and used were going here. and three-quarters of them were -- had to be junked. and eugene brought a big bag over, and we'd finished one of these burlap sacks. and he held it up and it said, "detroit municipal zoo." and he said, "look at this, phil, they feed they lion they me

not every manufacturer is offering it like vw, it impacted sales for this month, not necessarily forr. look what gm, ford, chrysler, big incentives, new product lines. getting cars off of lease and keeping them as loyal customers. david: i want to talk about the developments in the auto industry of you're right, lauren, they're extraordinarily good good. one. reasons sales are high because the cars are so good. jeff, one question about detroit, detroit as a car entity as shorthand for the car industry still exist? >> well detroit does exist and i think there's couple ways to look at it. i'm in detroit, in the metro detroit area. i think that is a key point. really the detroit is the the surrounding areas as well. the surrounding areas when you look at it are doing well, are benefiting from the return of auto sales. the city has some work to do, there is no question about that. we're seeing results of that with what is going on in the bankruptcy court. but i think overall detroit as auto industry is back and very competitive. david: lauren, these sales numbers are incredible. gm sales

. >>> vw looking to build the first engine plant in north america to capitalize on growing business.w limited to europe. >>> twitter may have send private messages on social media platform. that is anthony weiner. unfortunately the weiner is late for notorious tweeter, anthony weiner. >>> new york will be home to have a public wi-fi zone. a former goldman sachs employee and his wife donated $2 billion to pay for 95 blocks of free wi-fi in harlem. cheryl: poor anthony weiner. almost feeling sorry for him. david: almost. not quite, not quite. cheryl: health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testified on capitol hill touting obamacare's latest enrollment numbers. david: it was quite an interesting performance but despite the fact that enrollment quadrupled in november, still it is far below the administration's original target. only 10% of the original targets. rich edson joins from us capitol hill to break down the numbers. rich? >> david, the administration around september according to documents figured by the first two months they would have a million folks signed up. t

it will be the first time in nine years that vw has taken the top spot in the booming china auto marketnsect is taking a bite out of the florida crop. it will be the smallest harvest since 1990. causesn citruscilit the citrus to drop off the trees early. >> that is not great news. as you probably know, retailers from macy's and michael kors port on the discounts in hopes of luring more shoppers into the stores. despite those discounts, fewer americans hit the mall. what will the retail sector be now that the holiday is over? greg johnson is the president of customer growth partners. what are retailers going to do over the next 11 months? is very important for retailers, wendy five percent of total sales during two months. there has been heavy level discounting this year but primarily in apparel. retailers went into the season apparel heavy and inventory heavy and because it is a fashion industry, you have to clear out the old merchandise. >> is it an inventory issue or a sales issue? butales are up this year retailers have to match supply and demand. we estimated that sales would be up

vw holding a slight lead in china sales this year. they sold 3 million vehicles in the country in 2013. if it keeps its lead, it will be the first time in three years that it topped gm in china. --ie baba wins a license alibaba wins a license in china. year trial of a two- to bring more competition to the chinese wireless market. mcdonald's has taken down an employee resource website. the most recent incident labeling a cheeseburger and fries as unhealthy. that is today's breaking news. it is not exactly breaking news. mcdonald's french fries unhealthy. i would agree. i like them. i would not agree that they are healthy. this one.w my view on all i want for christmas is an apple tv. this is "bloomberg surveillance," streaming on your phone, tablet and on bloomberg.com. ♪ >> coming up on bloomberg television, the cofounder of squares joins us on "in the loop" at 9:00 a.m. eastern. that is supposed to be one of the big stories of 2014. >> other companies get involved in the space. lots of competition coming up. everybody is talking abou

. >> in terms of actual sales in this country, it's toyota, gm, vw.icked on autotrader, maybe why ford is a self-selecting sample. >> yes. >> the trucks is really -- it's the story of the year, the comeback story of the automakers and how americans are buying more cars and they still love their trucks. >> absolutely. it's been said this morning the twitter rally is over. we will see. but clearly it's not behaving the way it has in the past few days, down about 3% earlier in the session, now down five and change. back with a six handle again. and then just chatting off-camera about the airlines, specifically delta, and the glitch. >> top news. >> yeah, actually making it the worst performer in the sector, at least, down almost $1 to 26.94. >> you can't imagine it's material to the business, though. >> hard to imagine they'll honor the tickets. >> a good question, right? we don't know the scope of it. we have heard this went on for two hours. you don't know how many people signed up. >> right. >> and how much of a financial hit delta took. >> if you are

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