Article: Volkswagen given the green light for two plants in China

[phaeton]

You can view the page at http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/cont...lants-in-China

[Corey_R]

The factories in China are specifically for the China market only. As far as I'm aware, VW do not export any vehicles from China to other countries (well, not EU, USA, Australia anyway).

In fact, the expansion of manufacturing for China was not part of the "50 billion euro" announced last year as part of the plan to reach the #1 spot. Separate funds were sourced for that from China itself, and partners.

Whilst the article mentions these partners, and mentions the factories are to increase production for China, I thought I'd mention this anyway so no one starts panicing that their new Tiguan is going to come from China etc

[jets]

Not yet anyway. Do you remember the polo with a boot that was made in China & they tried to sell it here?

[phaeton]

While the Polo Classic was unsuccessful it does not mean that VW won't try again in the near future.

Plants/Manufacturing are also being planned for Malaysia (Passat & Jetta) and Indonesia (Touran) although production is CKD and only for mentioned markets.

[gldgti]

While the Polo Classic was unsuccessful it does not mean that VW won't try again in the near future.

Plants/Manufacturing are also being planned for Malaysia (Passat & Jetta) and Indonesia (Touran) although production is CKD and only for mentioned markets.

i think there were some "Santana" models produced in Malaysia in the past... like 70's/80's