SAIC Volkswagen
SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd.
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legal form | Co. Ltd. |
founding | October 10, 1984 |
Seat | Shanghai , People's Republic of China |
Number of employees | 27,344 (April 2013) |
Branch | Automotive industry |
Website | www.csvw.com |
The SAIC-Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. , formerly Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. (abbreviated SVW , Chinese 上汽 大众 汽车 ) is an automobile manufacturer based in Anting , Shanghai , which was initially founded in 1984 as an independent company by SAIC Motor . In 1988 the company developed into an official joint venture with the two companies Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen (China) Investment . The company manufactures vehicles of the Volkswagen and Škoda brands .
Company development and model development
The company's production began in 1984 with the Volkswagen Santana , which was initially imported as a CKD kit for assembly. The model was available both as a notchback and in the estate version, which is more popular with the police and authorities. Own production began about a year after the model was launched on the Chinese market. With more than 3,000,000 units produced and a number of model updates, the Santana has developed into one of the most popular car models in the People's Republic of China , and a successor model is now in production. It was not until 1996 that Volkswagen tried to take the first step to replace the outdated model with the Volkswagen Passat . However, due to the lower price and a much more extensive range of special equipment, the Passat could not survive and remained on offer as a parallel model.
In the new millennium, the Volkswagen Polo should then increase sales, especially in urban areas that have major traffic problems. But due to its high price for China, it initially “flopped”. The facelift version, however, brought the hoped-for success, which was mainly due to the new sports models such as the CrossPolo and the Polo Sporty. Last but not least, these replaced the Volkswagen Gol , which was popular up to that time and existed from 2002 to 2007. In November 2006 the Škoda Octavia was presented. It went into production in March 2007. From around 2008 there was the Volkswagen Passat Lingyu , which is supposed to win over the upper class as potential customers. But the Volkswagen Touran has also been very successful in China since then. The small Škoda Fabia , which is more of a competitor to the Mini , is less popular . The two notchback models Volkswagen Lavida and Volkswagen Passat Variant , which are intended to close the gap between the Volkswagen Jetta and Volkswagen Sagitar models manufactured by FAW-Volkswagen , are also reserved for the Chinese market . Until the appearance of the Volkswagen Teramont, the only VW SUV from China was the Volkswagen Tiguan , which is produced here in a long version. Another innovation for China is the generation change of the Polo, the Sporty version of which will be replaced at the turn of the year. The notchback Jingqu should follow in the summer of next year.
Formation of a new company division for electric car construction with its own brand
The electric car models that SAIC Volkswagen intends to produce in the future as part of its activities are to appear under its own brand called Tantos . The Volkswagen Lavida blue-e-motion is to be one of the first models to appear under the new brand name. The new brand name is approved by the Chinese government.
Shareholders
- SAIC engine : 50%
- Volkswagen AG : 40%
- Volkswagen (China) Investment : 10%
Model overview
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4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | ||
Small car |
Fabia Jingrui 1 since 2007 |
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Compact class |
Rapid Xinrui 3 since 2013 |
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Lower middle class |
Octavia Xuanliang 1 2006 to 2009 |
Octavia Mingrui 1 since 2009 |
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upper middle class |
Superb Haorui 1 from 2004 to 2009 |
Superb Haorui 1 since 2009 |
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Small car |
Polo Jingqing 1 2000 to 2005 |
Polo Sporty 1 2005 to 2010 |
Polo Sporty 1 & 3 since 2010 |
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Gol 1 2003 to 2008 |
Polo GTI 1 & 3 since 2010 |
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Mini SUV |
CrossPolo 1 2005 to 2011 |
CrossPolo 1 since 2011 |
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Lower middle class |
Lavida 1 / Lavida Sport 1 2008 to 2012 |
Lavida 1 since 2012 |
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Gran Lavida 1 from 2013 |
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Polo Jingqu 1 2000 to 2005 |
Polo Jingqu 1 2005 to 2012 |
Polo Jingqu 1 since 2012 |
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Middle class |
Santana 1 1984 to 2012 |
Santana 1 & 3 since 2013 |
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Santana Variant 1 1984 to 1995 |
Santana 2000 1 1995 to 2004 |
Santana 3000 1 2004 to 2008 |
Santana Vista 2 2008 to 2013 |
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Passat 1 / Passat V6 1 1996 to 2005 |
Passat Lingyu 1 2005 to 2009 |
Passat Variant 2 since 2009 |
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Passat 1 & 2 / Passat V6 1 & 2 since 2011 |
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Upper class |
Phideon since 2016 |
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Compact van |
Touran 1 2004 to 2008 |
Touran 1 from 2008 to 2011 |
Touran 1 / Touran 2013 1 since 2011 |
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Sport utility vehicle |
Tiguan 1 2010 to 2013 |
Note: The superscript numbers 1 , 2 and 3 indicate the production location according to the table below.
Production sites
plant | region | Workers | Products | Capacity / year | opening | Identifier |
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Anting | Shanghai | 19,171 |
Engines and complete vehicles |
450,000 | 1984 | 1 |
Jiading | Shanghai | 1,664 | transmission | 1985 | ||
Loutang | Shanghai | 770 | Engines | 2005 | ||
Nanjing | Jiangsu | 4,529 | Complete vehicles | 60,000 | 2008 | 2 |
Yizheng | Jiangsu | 2,350 | Complete vehicles | 300,000 | 2012 | 3 |
statistics
SAIC Volkswagen manufactured 221,524 cars in 2000. In the following years there were 230,281, 278,885, 405,252 and 347,531. The website www.carsalesbase.com lists the annual registration numbers of VW vehicles in China, which, however, include vehicles from FAW-Volkswagen .
The registration numbers of Škoda vehicles in China rose from 31,802 in 2007 to a previous high of 352,000 in 2018. In 2019, 278,378 new vehicles of this brand were registered in China.
See also
Web links
- Official website of SAIC Volkswagen
- Volkswagen models from SAIC Volkswagen
- Škoda in the People's Republic of China
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volkswagen Gol China Sales Figures (accessed August 2, 2020)
- ^ Erik van Ingen Schenau: Catalog of the present Chinese motor production. ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Edition 2008. (English)
- ↑ Marek Brzeżański, Robert Jabłoński: Cars of the World. 2008 · 2009. Moto Media Print, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 2008, ISBN 978-83-61604-12-9 , p. 381.
- ↑ Susan Zhao: Shanghai-VW spawns electric sub brand to rival FAW-VW's Kai Li electric sub brand China Car Times online, September 21, 2011 (English)
- ↑ Wacław Pozar (General): World Cars. 2006 · 2007. Media Connection, Warsaw 2006, ISSN 1734-2945 , p. 412.
- ↑ Volkswagen China Sales Figures (accessed August 2, 2020)
- ↑ Skoda China Sales Figures (accessed on August 2, 2020)
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