FAW-Volkswagen
| FAW-Volkswagen Automotive | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited Company |
| founding | February 6, 1991 |
| Seat | Changchun , People's Republic of China |
| Branch | Automotive industry |
| Website | www.faw-vw.com |
FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co. Ltd. is a company in the automotive industry from the People's Republic of China .
description
The company was founded on February 6, 1991. The seat is in Changchun . Involved China FAW Group , Volkswagen AG , the Audi AG and Volkswagen (China) Investment. Another source only mentions FAW with 60%, VW with 30% and Audi with 10% of the shares. The company manufactures automobiles . They are marketed under the internationally used brand names VW and Audi. It is also FAW-VW and FAW Audi from May 2006. The own brand Jetta was added in 2019 . Since July 2007 there has been another production plant in Chengdu . In 2008, 8,844 people were employed.
Volkswagen also operates the SAIC Volkswagen joint venture with SAIC Motor . The reason for this strategy is the regional differences that can be found between Beijing and Shanghai . FAW-Volkswagen focuses on the Beijing market in the north, where performance and prestige-oriented customers can be found, while SAIC Volkswagen concentrates on fun and lifestyle-oriented customer segments that are more likely to be found on the Shanghai market in the south. However, it must be mentioned that some series from both manufacturers are only offered under different model names. Examples include VW Bora or VW Tacqua from FAW-Volkswagen and, equivalently, VW Lavida Plus or VW T-Cross from SAIC Volkswagen.
Vehicles by brand name
VW
The Jetta was assembled from December 1991 . Another source gives the exact type Jetta II and the construction time from December 5, 1991 to December 2001.
The Jetta Wang followed in February 1998 and was revised in March 2004 and October 2005.
The Bora appeared in August 2001 and was revised in July 2006.
In April or May 2003 the Golf IV added to the range.
The Caddy followed in January 2005 and was manufactured until 2008.
In April 2006, the Sagitar, a sedan with an independent model name, was presented, which was the Chinese equivalent of Jetta / Bora.
In June 2007, the Magotan was added to the range based on the Passat B6 .
The VW Bora HS Hatchback was manufactured between November 2007 and April 2008 .
In 2008 another VW Bora appeared with a notchback .
2020 is the range from Bora, C-Trek , CC , Golf VII , GTI , golf Sportsvan , Jetta, Magotan, Sagitar, Tacqua, T-Roc , Tayron and Tayron X .
Audi
The Audi 200 was assembled from May 1996 . Another source gives the construction time for this model with May 1996 to 1999.
The Audi A6 followed in September 1999 .
The Audi A4 appeared in April 2003 and was revised in 2005.
In May 2005 the Audi A6L replaced the A6.
A4, A4L , A6 and A6L have been handed down for the 2020 model year .
Jetta
VA3 and VS5 appeared in 2019 . The VS7 followed in 2020 .
Registration numbers
In 2000, 94,147 VW vehicles from this manufacturer were registered in China. In the four following years there were 102,871, 158,654, 239,129 and 228,010.
Between 2016 and 2019, more than 3 million VWs were registered in China every year, but only a part of them comes from FAW-Volkswagen.
For Audi, the numbers are 15,858, 31,022, 32,041, 63,217 and 59,109 for the years 2000 to 2004.
Another source gives for Audi for the years from 2003 to 2019: 61,276, 62,017, 55,735, 78,946, 94,905, 105,836, 146,998, 204,067, 257,520, 328,700, 411,730, 513,000, 509,998, 536,289, 549,117, 620,300 and 620,001.
49,089 vehicles of the Jetta brand were registered in China between September and December 2019.
criticism
The Chinese carmaker uses patents and design documents from VW, in violation of the contract, to build engines and transmissions for its own division. These vehicles are also sold in countries where VW is a competitor. When contract worker Fu Tianbo demonstrated in 2017 for the same wages as permanent employment, the police arrested him and he disappeared.
Web links
- Company website (Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Volkswagen Group China (accessed July 7, 2020)
- ^ A b c Erik van Ingen Schenau: Catalog of the present Chinese motor production. ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Edition 2008. (English)
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Marek Brzeżański, Robert Jabłoński: Cars of the World. 2008 · 2009. Moto Media Print, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 2008, ISBN 978-83-61604-12-9 .
- ↑ a b Jetta Sales Data & Trends for the Chinese Automotive Market (accessed July 7, 2020)
- ^ Franz-Rudolf Esch: Strategy and technology of automobile marketing . Springer Gabler, Oestrich-Winkel 2013, ISBN 978-3-8349-3391-1 , p. 401 .
- ↑ a b Eligiusz Mazur: 2005 · 2006. One of the largest car directories in the world. World of Cars. Worldwide catalog. Encyclopedia of today's car industry. ( online ; English)
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Wacław Pożar (General Director): World Cars. 2006 · 2007. Media Connection, Warsaw 2006, ISSN 1734-2945 .
- ↑ a b Volkswagen China Sales Figures (accessed July 7, 2020)
- ↑ FAW-Volkswagen's first coupe SUV Tayron X goes on sale (English, accessed on July 27, 2020)
- ↑ a b Audi Sales Data & Trends for the Chinese Automotive Market (accessed July 7, 2020)
- ↑ Affair in the most important market: China steals Volkswagen patents . In: Handelsblatt . July 27, 2012.
- ↑ Strike leaders threatened with kidnapping (accessed on July 6, 2020)