Volkswagen sales will exceed 1.5 million vehicles next year

FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. is a large-scale car production enterprise jointly invested by China FAW Group Corporation, Germany Volkswagen AG, Audi Auto Co., and Volkswagen (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Started to build a modern car industry base. An Tiecheng calls the Foshan Fourth Factory a “new home,” and he himself calls himself a “parent.” He has recalled the board of directors with the company’s directors here numerous times.

After more than one year, the first phase of an annual output of 360,000 Foshan No. 4 Plant has completed the construction phase. The four major workshops for stamping, welding, painting, and assembly have risen. Quality assurance systems, IT, factory logistics and factories Infrastructure and other infrastructure have also been completed in the final acceptance.

Recently, during an event to visit the Foshan factory, General Manager An Tiecheng of FAW-Volkswagen said in an interview with the media that the Foshan factory is an important measure of the popular South strategy and the results are soon to be achieved.

He explained that "At present, the Foshan factory has entered another phase of construction: the assembly and commissioning of production equipment. The factory will be officially put into production in August next year, and the first model to be put into production will be the Volkswagen brand model A7 (code name). By the end of the year, it will be Audi models will also be born here."

According to a FAW-Volkswagen person who revealed to NetEase Automobile, the Foshan factory has confirmed that there is a Volkswagen brand in production. The Audi brand has two models, namely the seventh-generation Golf and the Audi A3 hatchback version and the sedan version. Audi took the lead in domestic production. It is a hatchback version A3.

Why are the first production models to be A-Class? The above-mentioned sources believe that this is related to the company's position on the Foshan factory: the production of sophisticated A-class vehicles.

In terms of activities, An Tiecheng also stated that according to plan, by 2014, the Foshan factory will release all of its 360,000 capacity in the first phase, plus 900,000 in Changchun base and 540,000 capacity in Chengdu base. At that time, FAW-Volkswagen will form 180 Million capacity scale.

However, FAW-Volkswagen's rapid expansion does not seem to stop there. An Tiecheng said, "This year, FAW-Volkswagen has achieved impressive results for the past year, and has been ranked for the fifth consecutive month. First, this has greatly enhanced our confidence in expanding our capabilities."

In fact, in the context of micro-growth in 2012, FAW-Volkswagen’s report card was indeed very beautiful under the background that many domestic companies could not achieve sales targets: terminal sales reached 1.3 million, of which the Volkswagen single brand wholesale volume was 1 million, Audi The number of domestic models sold was 320,000, and imports were 80,000.

He also said that next year FAW-Volkswagen sales are expected to exceed 1.5 million.

"Because of consumers' love for our company's models, expansion is still very urgent for us. As we have seen, the second phase of the Foshan plant has been leveling the land. I believe in the near future, Foshan in China will be Another 'Detroit in the United States' and 'German Wolfsburg' will form a new modern automotive industry cluster here," said An Tiecheng.