Archive for the ‘Shanghai-VW’ Category
Skoda Rapid police car from China
Published on May 17, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
A Skoda Rapid police car, seen on the Cipate police equipment exhibition in Beijing. Chinese police doesn’t use the Rapid yet, they don’t use any Skoda vehicles, but Volkswagen apparently hopes that will change. The Skoda Rapid is a very new car, it was only launched on the Chinese car market last month, and this was the first time I met one in the flesh.
Volkswagen CrossBlue and CrossBlue Coupe will be made in China
Published on May 17, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
Chinese media report today that the Volkswagen CrossBlue and CrossBlue Coupe will be made in China by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture. Production will start in 2015 in a new factory in the city of Changsha in Hunan Province with a capacity of 300.000 cars a year.
Volkswagen Gran Lavida will hit the Chinese car market on June 29
Published on May 17, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
The Volkswagen Gran Lavida will hit the Chinese car market on June 29, price will range from 107.800 yuan to 166.900 yuan. The Gran Lavida is a new China-only sportback/wagon/hatchback/thing based on the China-only Volkswagen Lavida sedan. The Gran Lavida debuted on the Shanghai Auto Show last month.
Volkswagen to open new car plant in central China
Published on May 17, 2013 by Joey Wang
German automobile conglomerate Volkswagen AG will invest 12 billion yuan ($1.95 billion) to build its first plant in Central China, in a bid to help increase its capacity to meet the rising demand from the world’s largest vehicle market and respond to the similar move its major rival General Motors announced last month.
The new plant will be set up by Volkswagen’s joint venture with China’s SAIC Motor, and will have an annual output of 300,000 units, German national daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.
Spotted in China: Volkswagen Passta, number 2
Published on May 16, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
A gray Volkswagen Passta, seen in the great city of Dongguan in Guangdong Province by reader Dave Teo, thank you for the picture! This is the second Volkswagen Passta we meet in China, earlier on we saw another example in Beijing. The Passat-Passta name is glued on the vehicle in individual lettering, it’s not a badge. Chinese factory workers, who mostly can’t read much English, are likely responsible for the fuzzy mix-up.
Spy Shots: extended Skoda Yeti testing in China
Published on May 6, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
The best spy shots so far of the China-only extended Skoda Yeti. The Chinese Yeti will be stretched by 6 centimeter for more space in the back, it will be made in China by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture. The extended Skoda Yeti will be launched on the Chinese car market in early 2013. In the meantime Skoda will import the Yeti into China, sales of the imported Yeti will start next month.
Volkswagen Gran Lavida debuts on the Shanghai Auto Show
Published on April 23, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
This is the new Volkswagen Gran Lavida, a new China-only sportback/wagon/hatchback/thing based on the China-only Volkswagen Lavida sedan,which is made in China by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture. Volkswagen says the Gran Lavida is a sportback in style of the Audi A3, the name ‘Gran’ however indicates it is meant to be more of a wagon.
Skoda Rapid launched on the Chinese car market
Published on April 19, 2013 by Joey Wang
The new Skoda Rapid sedan has been launched on the Chinese car market, one day before the start of the Shanghai Auto Show. Price starts at 79.900 yuan and ends at 116.900 yuan. The Rapid is made in China by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture.
China-made Volkswagen Tiguan R-Line arrives at the Shanghai Auto Show
Published on April 18, 2013 by W.E. Ning
The very first picture of the new China-made Volkswagen Tiguan R-Line, seen here in the basement of the exhibition hall for she Shanghai Auto Show where it will debut later this week. The Volkswagen Tiguan is made in China by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture.
Volkswagen Lavida Variant leaks out, a bit, before the Shanghai Auto Show
Published on April 18, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
The very first pictures of the actual production version of the Volkswagen Lavida Variant that will debut later this week on the Shanghai Auto Show. Pictures show a giant billboard outside the exhibition hall showing parts of the vehicle. We, are curious about the rest.
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