Archive for the ‘Shanghai-VW’ Category
Volkswagen Lavida goes hatchback in China
Published on May 16, 2012 by Joey Wang
Volkswagen is working on a hatchback version of the Lavida, a China-only sedan made by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture. The facelifted Lavida sedan just debuted at the Beijing Auto Show last month, and the Lavida hatchback is expected to hit the Chinese car market in 2013. It will likely be called ‘Lavida RV’, many Chinese automakers call their hatchbacks ‘RV’ and Volkswagen seems to go with that flow.
New Volkswagen Lavida debuts at the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 24, 2012 by Joey Wang
The new Volkswagen Lavida debuted at the Beijing Auto Show, it will be listed on the Chinese car market next month. The Lavida is a China-only made by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture, it is a very successful car, the jv sold over 700.000 of the first-gen Lavida from 2008 until January 2012.
First Official Picture: facelifted Volkswagen Lavida for the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 19, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have the very first picture of the facelifted Volkswagen Lavida, seen on a banner outside the exhibition hall of the Beijing Auto Show where the new Lavida will debut next week. This particular blue car seems top-spec, compare with the base car we saw on earlier spy shots. The Lavida is made in China by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture. Power: 1.6 and 1.4 turbo. Price will start around 90.000 yuan and end around 170.000 yuan.
Volkswagen Polo GTI will be listed in China in May
Published on April 18, 2012 by Joey Wang
The Volkswagen Polo GTI will be listed on the Chinese car market in May and it will debut at the Beijing Auto Show. It will be the first time Volkswagen sells the Polo GTI in China and it is also the first time the Polo GTI will be made outside Germany, it will be produced locally by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture.
Volkswagen China sales up 15.6% in Q1
Published on April 13, 2012 by W.E. Ning
Sales in China by Volkswagen and its joint ventures rose 15.6% in the first quarter from a year earlier, due to strong demand for its Audi and Volkswagen brands. Sales in China, Hong Kong and Macau by Volkswagen Group China and its joint ventures totaled 633,800 cars in the first three months of the year, Volkswagen said in a statement Friday. Volkswagen-brand car sales rose 12.5% to 483.400 vehicles.
Skoda posts Record Sales, thanks to China
Published on April 12, 2012 by Joey Wang
Skoda Auto, a Czech brand German auto giant Volkswagen, said on Thursday that first-quarter sales rose by 11.8 percent from the level at the same time last year to a record of 242,700 cars, with a boost from China and India.
The car maker said in a statement it had set another all-time high in March when it raised monthly sales by 12.1 percent on a 12-month basis to a record 95,200 units.
Skoda wants to sell 500.000 cars in China by 2018
Published on March 22, 2012 by Joey Wang
Skoda hopes to sell 1.5 million cars globally in 2018, from which some 500,000 in China. In 2011 the company sold 879,200 units, its best yearly performance in its 117 year history. Skoda Board Chairman Winfried Vahland said the company plans to develop its operations around the world, and especially in China, predicting that one-third of the anticipated 1.5 million sales in 2018 will come from this country, where Skoda sold 220,000 units in 2011.
Volkswagen urged to probe DSG defects in China, recall possible
Published on March 16, 2012 by Joey Wang
China’s quality watchdog said it is in contact with auto giant Volkswagen (China) after many customers complained about defects in the direct-shift gearbox (DSG) of the company’s vehicles.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement on its website that it had received complaints about unusual noises, vibrations and transmission problems in the DSG of Volkswagen vehicles.
New Shanghai-Volkswagen sub-brand will be called Tianyue
Published on March 14, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture will start a new sub-brand in China to make cheap electric cars. The new sub-brand will be called ‘Tianyue’, best translated as ‘Over (the) Heaven’. Very poetic indeed but the English name is not: ‘Tantus’. Since I didn’t know what Tantus meant I looked it up with Google-define:
Definition for tantus: Web definitions:
Tantus is a company that produces silicone sex toys, including vibrators, dildos, butt-plugs and strap-on harness kits. They are based… All right! I dig that Volkswagen, now more on the car:
Skoda to develop Large SUV for China
Published on March 14, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Chinese media report that Skoda will develop a large SUV for the Chinese market. It will be designed, developed and made in China by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture.
