SAIC will assemble Audi vehicles in China from 2018
- The Volkswagen Group has assembled vehicles in China since the early 1990s, on the one hand with the SAIC group (Volkswagen and Skoda models) and on the other hand with the FAW group (Volkswagen and Audi models).
- In 2015, SAIC manufactured 2 million Volkswagen and Skoda vehicles and the FAW group manufactured 1.5 million Volkswagen and Audi vehicles.
A total of 3.5 million Volkswagen, Skoda and Audi models were produced in China in 2015, the vast majority for local market.
A total of 3.5 million Volkswagen, Skoda and Audi models were produced in China in 2015, the vast majority for local market.
- However, there remains 120 000 additional imports from Europe (62 000 Audi and 58 000 Porsche).
To limit the number of these imports and increase the market share of the Audi brand, the Volkswagen Group decided to produce at SAIC new Audi models that are not manufactured at FAW, ie different from the A3, A4, A6, Q3, Q5. The first models will come out of the Shanghai plants in 2018. They could be not only models different from those manufactured by FAW, but also brand new Audi models, not manufactured in Europe or other parts of the world. It might be an Audi variant of the recent Volkswagen Atlas (SUV-E segment) that could be named Q8 or Q9, and an Audi model positioned between the A6 and the A8.
To limit the number of these imports and increase the market share of the Audi brand, the Volkswagen Group decided to produce at SAIC new Audi models that are not manufactured at FAW, ie different from the A3, A4, A6, Q3, Q5. The first models will come out of the Shanghai plants in 2018. They could be not only models different from those manufactured by FAW, but also brand new Audi models, not manufactured in Europe or other parts of the world. It might be an Audi variant of the recent Volkswagen Atlas (SUV-E segment) that could be named Q8 or Q9, and an Audi model positioned between the A6 and the A8.
- SAIC had always claimed that it would not manufacture Audi models because of their high price, it seems that the Chinese manufacturer has changed its mind.
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