wagen Group’s Roadmap E and SUV offensive kick into high gear in 2018. With new factories in Qingdao, Tianjin, and Foshan, together with the already opened Audi Q plant in Changchun, the company is well positioned to do the next steps of electrifying China. The introduction of the new Bora on the MQB platform at the Qingdao plant, opening on May 28, gives FAW-Volkswagen future flexibility to manufacture cars with combustion engines and pure bat...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/04/02

der extreme conditions and validation of virtual calculations across diverse driving scenarios. The expansion of the Emissions Centre addresses current and forthcoming legislative requirements, such as the EU7 emission standard. The Simulation Centre enhances Skoda's role in developing Volkswagen's MQB27 platform and overseeing the EA211 gasoline engines and related systems. Additionally, Skoda manages the development of related manual transmissi...

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mported models is now expanded to five, as the two models are added to the Touareg, the Multivan and the Sharan. The number of dealers that handles VW imported vehicles will be increased to over 120 by the end of 2014. Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive displayed the new Octavia based on VW Group's new MQB platform at Auto China 2014, which started on April 20. The new Octavia measures 4,659 mm long, 1,814 mm wide and 1,460 mm high, with a 2,686-mm w...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/30

ivable. Audi Hungaria Motor Kft. has unveiled the third-generation Audi TT sports coupe and its high performance model, the TTS. The cars measure 4,180 mm in length, 1,832 mm in width, 1,353 mm in height and 2,505 mm in wheelbase.  The new TT is built based on VW’s new-generation platform called MQB. The car features strong and thin body structure. The 2.0 TFSI engine variant of the new TT weighs just 1,230 kg. This makes it around 50 kg light...

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e two generations of Amarok will coexist in the market VW announces the new Amarok II to be a premium pickup VW investing USD 250 million in Argentina until 2026 for Ducati, Amarok VW Brasil reaches one million suspension module, front end assembly milestone VW to invest USD 650 million to build MQB-A0 platform vehicles in Argentina VW reveals South American strategy with EUR 560 million investment in Argentina VW begins launch of Amarok V6 ...

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ready been fully converted, and production of the ID.4 began last year in Chattanooga, USA. On June 15, Volkswagen announced the upcoming third generation Volkswagen Tiguan SUV will be premiered in the autumn 2023. It will be released in Europe in early 2024 and later in other markets. Based on the MQB evo, the all-new Tiguan will offer a range of powertrain options, including turbodiesel engines (TDI), turbocharged gasoline engines (TSI), mild h...

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and keep producing the Fox family, the Pinhais plant will increase the production capacity by 20 percent. The potential of the plant will jump from the current 840 units per day to a thousand vehicles per day. The announcement of the new Golf production was expected, since the Golf is built on the MQB platform, the same as the Audi A3 and Q3 whose production was announced on September 17 to be at the Pinhais plant. The company's MQB modular stra...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/10

ectrification). VW Group partners including Horizon Robotics (autonomous driving) are also involved in close cooperation with CARIAD, a VW Group software unit. On July 27 FAW-VW launched the next generation Magotan B-class sedan. The vehicle is a Chinese spec model of the Passat B8 that adopts the MQB-8 platform. Its wheelbase is 80 mm longer than the overseas spec model, and utilizes design features and equipment specifically for the Chinese ma...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/09

in Nanhai District. The construction area to be completed in the first phase is 1,003,900 square meters and it will initially have a capacity to produce 300,000 vehicles a year. Construction work has already started, and the plant will be operational in August 2013 to produce vehicles based on VW's MQB platform, starting with the Golf A7. After that, Audi A3 Sportback and A3 Sedan are expected to follow. FAW Group has begun construction of a plan...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/09

IC VW begins preorders of first large MPV Viloran SAIC VW to produce Audi Q8 at 2nd-phase plant in Ningbo SAIC VW launches first large MPV Viloran Skoda Auto manufactures three millionth car in China SAIC VW to debut Audi brand and unveil two premiere Audi models Skoda unveils new Octavia PRO and MQB EVO digital intelligent architecture Volkswagen brand exhibits ID.6 X, ID.6 CROZZ and all-new Talagon large SUV SAIC VW begins preorders of Skoda ...

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plant resumed production in one shift in early June and by the second week of July returned to two shifts. On July 15, Pablo Di Si, president of Volkswagen Latin America, officially started the production of the PXL mega press, which multiplies the stamping productivity for vehicles produced on the MQB platform (Polo, Virtus and Nivus) at the Anchieta plant in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. The inauguration ends VW’s current investment cycle i...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/06

h (-2023), Polo Sedan (-2023), Polo GTS (2015-2024), Pickup Saveiro (1982 - 2027 planning), Pickup Saveiro Cross (2010 -2027 planning), Jetta (2015-2017), Virtus (2017-), Nivus (2020-), Nivus GTS (2025-), Polo Track (2025-), Hybrid Tayron (2027-planning), Hybrid Tayron X (2027-planning), T-Cross HV(MQB Evo platform)(2027-planning) , Nivus HV(MQB Evo platform)(2028-planning); T2 Kombi (1957-2013) Components, Foundry (for IDs, for Scania) Passenger...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/06

igitalization and decarbonization in South America, specific to market needs. Volkswagen is making further investments in the existing Biofuels Research & Development Centre located in South America. Further growth potential from new compact car family in entry-level segment – Polo Track based on MQB to be first model in 2023. The Polo Track is to be produced at the plant in Taubaté, Brazil. On November 9, Volkswagen announced it will grant te...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/06

$22,995 Tiguan SUV, smaller than the $43,000-plus Touareg, but technically simpler than those vehicles and more affordable. VW plans to announce a new seven-seat SUV at the Detroit Auto Show. The model will be positioned below the Touareg as a lower-priced, more spacious offering. It will share the MQB platform with the Polo and other models. It will be manufactured at VW's Tennessee plant in the US. VW will hire an additional 800 workforce at th...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/04

Volkswagen Mexico, Puebla Plant VW MQB platform: Jetta, Jetta Hybrid (2012-), Golf SportWagen (-2019), Golf Alltrack (-2019), Golf (2014-2021)(2027-planning); Golf Estate (2027-planning), Tiguan (2017-)/Tayron, Tiguan Allspace (2018-), Taos SUV (2020-); EV model (2025-planning): Beetle (2011-2019), Beetle Cabriolet / Beetle Convertible for U.S. (-2019); Tiguan Limited (2017-2018); Bora (2013-2014); Engines (end of production), Component foundry ...

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such as an Infotainment unit, a touch-screen color display and a powered tailgate. The company has sold 230,000 units of the 2013 year model New Passat to win a 1.2% share in the market. Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. released the third-generation Superb on October 25, 2015. Based on the MQB platform technology, the new Superb employs the design concept of the Vision C, Skoda's concept car. SAIC Volkswagen launched on January 18 the ne...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/24

battery are available for the ID.6-series vehicles, which have a maximum NEDC cruising range of over 580km. Additionally, the ID.6-series models have an IQ.DRIVE system that includes such functions as a next-generation Travel Assist system. The all-new Talagon large SUV was developed based on the MQB Evo platform. The vehicle has a next-generation Innovision Cockpit that includes a suspended console screen. Several variations of powertrain are ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/24

ratislava plant. The updated fourth-generation Octavia is produced on the same line as the Karoq and Kodiaq at the Kvasiny plant. To support production, Škoda opened a training center in Kvasiny featuring advanced technology and robotic workstations. The fourth-generation Octavia uses the updated MQB platform, with some gasoline engines offering mild-hybrid technology or all-wheel drive. Production continues at Škoda’s main facility in Mlad...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/19

actory, and auto-supporting equipment manufacturing factories in this area. Announced on June 30, Skoda has begun sales of the locally assembled Kushaq in Vietnam. Built from CKD kits imported from India, the SUV benefits from synergies with Skoda’s Indian operations. The Kushaq features a robust MQB chassis with high-strength steel, a 115-PS 1.0L TSI turbo engine (178 Nm torque), 6-speed automatic transmission, and class-leading driver-assis...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/13

D-19 in the workplace. On 27 April, SKODA AUTO resumed production at its Czech plants. The company’s main plant also recommenced assembly of high-voltage traction batteries for vehicles that feature plug-in hybrid drive. The high-voltage traction batteries made in Mlada Boleslav have been used in MQB-based plug-in hybrids from SKODA, Audi, SEAT and Volkswagen since September 2019. They are also fitted in the SKODA SUPERB iV, which has been roll...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/13