RUF opens factory in Bahrain

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www.autoblog.com/2006/03/14/ruf-announces-first-car-building-operation-in-arab-world/

Autoblog said:

RUF GmbH, longtime purveyors of four-wheeled exotic finery have announced plans to build the first car manufacturing facility in the Arab world. The facility, to be located in the Kingdom of Bahrain , will be the company’s first ‘full service’ operation outside of its Pfaffenhausen plant in Germany. The plans were announced amidst great fanfare that included 100 Arab sword dancers, a concert by the Bahrain National concert band, and an Australian opera singer belting out Beethoven’s 9th as a RUF RT 12 hit the stage. Plans for the facility call for a 3.5 km race track as well as R&D, manufacturing, assembly and marketing centers.