Volkswagen will build its future factory in Romania or Bulgaria
- We have seen that the Volkswagen Group, which must at the same time respond to the success of its recent SUVs and find space to manufacture its future electric cars planned for 2020-2030, has decided to build a new factory in Europe.
- The German manufacturer has announced that it would choose a country located in Eastern Europe, for reasons of cost. But VW still hesitates between two countries -Romania and Bulgaria- for this new factory. Romania, which already has two production sites (Dacia in Pitesti and Ford in Craiova), would be a more logical choice because Bulgaria is clearly further away from the European Union. Bulgaria (which no longer has production facilities since Great Wall’s withdrawal) is closer to Turkey, Greece and Serbia, while Romania is closer to Hungary and Slovakia where VW is present.
- With the transfer in 2022 of the VW Passat from Emden to Kvasiny, the Skoda Karoq and Seat Ateca (currently assembled in the Kvasiny factory) will be transferred to the new factory that Volkswagen will build in Romania or Bulgaria.
- In 2018, these two SUVs will total 165,000 units (against 100,000 in 2017) and their production volume should continue to increase in 2019 and 2020. The plant that Volkswagen will build in Romania or Bulgaria should therefore be able to manufacture at least 200 000 vehicles each year, 100,000 less than the Czech factory in Kvasiny.
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