VW, Audi, Mercedes, Skoda accelerate localized production in China

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai September 22) - Slower growth rate in China's automobile market has made many automobile companies speed up domestic production to get a head start in the fierce competition.

Volkswagen VW will introduce 16 different models, which include 15 new energy vehicles that will be introduced to China by 2020.

Audi launched new Audi A4 in the Frankfurt Auto Show, which will be put into local production in China next year.

Mercedes-Benz pushed off GLC as the successor model for GLK. In the future, there will be GLA, GLC, GLE and GLS four new models produced and sold in China. As the localization in production, there will be seventy percent models in Audi’s Chinese portfolio that are produced in China.

Skoda plans to invest 10 billion yuan over the next three years in research and development, localized production and dealership development.

Lamborghini has taken China as the second largest market with a huge potential for the company, stated Stephan Winkelmann CEO and president of the company.

According to the plan, Jaguar will also transfer its art production into China next year. The new models of the company will adopt aluminum auto body, which indicates Chery Jaguar Land Rover factory is going to be the only foreign plant capable of producing aluminum auto body besides the local plants in England.