Recently, China Passenger Car Association publishes its Nov finished automobiles retail sales statistics. Nov 2013 passenger car segment achieves 1.63 million sales, which has increased 14.9% over the same period of last year. The top 3 companies are: Shanghai Volkswagen, Shanghai GM, and FAW Volkswagen. Shanghai Volkswagen Nov sales are 143.5 thousand, which has increased 18.1%, ranked no. 1.
What’s more interesting, Shanghai Volkswagen has achieved the 9 million and 100 million car rolled off in the same year. Since the first Santana rolled off production line, Shanghai Volkswagen spends 15 years to achieve the first 1 million sales. However, the 1 million between 9 and 10 million only costs half year. “About next year, we can calculateapproximately. It is able to exceed 1.5 million sales, will close to 1.6 million,but can’t exceed 1.7 million. Sales will achieve 2 million in 2015.” Mingdi JIA, vice executive director of Shanghai Volkswagen sales and marketing, and general manager of Shanghai Volkswagen sales company told media.
To achieve 2 million sales in 2015, Shanghai Volkswagen has finished its layout this year.
On Oct 24, 2013, Shanghai Volkswagen Ningbo plant starts to build. Ningbo plant has 300 thousand production capacities. Up to now, Shanghai Volkswagen has 1.75 million production capacities already. Ningbo plant finished is not only enlarging its production capacity, but also a result of Shanghai Volkswagen “inter-districts development integration” strategy. Up to 2015, after Changsha plant built up, Shanghai Volkswagen will have another 300 thousand production capacity. And the entire production capacity of Shanghai Volkswagen shall up to 2 million.
Form the first plant in Shanghai Anting to the 8th plant in Ningbo, Shanghai Volkswagen is positive to adjust its production capacity strategy in almost 30 years in China. Itforms“based around Anting, radiate Long River area, extend to Middle West China” inter-districts development layout.
The three big scale automobile plants is the earliest production base of Shanghai Volkswagen. Anting No. 1 Plant is built at the beginning of Shanghai Volkswagen found. The first generation of Santana was made there. At present, it produces Polo series, and Skoda Fabia series. Anting No. 2 and No. 3 plants are built in 1992 and 1993. Total area is over 670 thousand squares meters. There produce Lavida, Gran Lavida, Tiguan and Yeti.
