SAIC Volkswagen

Coordinates: 31°17′45″N 121°10′40″E / 31.29583°N 121.17778°E / 31.29583; 121.17778 (Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive (SVW))

SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd.

Type	Joint venture
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1985
Headquarters	Anting, Jiading District, Shanghai, China
Area served	China
Key people	Chen Xianzhang (president) Chen Hong (chairman)
Products	Automobiles, engines
Parent	50%: SAIC Motor, 40%: Volkswagen AG, 10%: Volkswagen (China) Invest
Website	Shanghai Volkswagen (in Chinese)

SAIC Volkswagen (officially SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd.; formerly known as Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd., Shanghai Volkswagen) is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Anting, China and a joint venture between Volkswagen Group and SAIC Motor. It was founded in 1985 and produces cars under the Volkswagen and Škoda marques.^[1]

The joint venture is made up of equity from (as of 2008) - Volkswagen AG (40%), Volkswagen (China) Invest (10%), SAIC (50%), with a fixed-term venture for 45 years. It will run until 2030.^[2]

SAIC Volkswagen sold a total of 1.16 million vehicles in 2011.

History

SAIC Volkswagen was formed in March 1985, as a joint venture between Volkswagen and SAIC. This was a 25-year contract to make passenger cars in Shanghai with a limit of 50 per cent foreign ownership.^[3]

SAIC Volkswagen's Shanghai plant was by the far the winner among all new JVs, as it produced cars that could function as taxis, vehicles for government officials and transport for the newly emerging business elite. SAIC Volkswagen began automobile production in 1985. As car imports fell to some 34,000 in 1990, SAIC Volkswagen's production of its Santana models reached nearly 19,000 vehicles that year. By 1993 SAIC Volkswagen’s output had reached 100,000 vehicles. Volkswagen was aided by some Shanghai municipal efforts. Various restrictions on engine size, as well as incentives to city taxi companies, helped ensure a safe market in the company’s relatively wealthy home arena. Volkswagen also encouraged its foreign parts suppliers to create joint ventures in China, and their resulting product helped SAIC Volkswagen achieve an 85 per cent local content rate by 1993.^[3]

Products

		1980						1990										2000										2010
		4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5
Škoda Auto	superminis																								Fabia Jingrui								Fabia Jingrui
	compact cars																														Rapid
																								Octavia			Octavia Mingrui
																															New Octavia Mingrui
	executive cars																					Superb					Superb Haorui/Superb
	Compact SUV																														Yeti
Volkswagen	superminis																	Polo Jingqing					Polo Sporty					Polo Sporty
																					Gol							Polo GTI
	supermini SUVs																						CrossPolo						CrossPolo
	compact cars																									Lavida / Lavida Sport				Lavida
																															Gran Lavida
																		Polo Jingqu					Polo Jingqu										Lamando
	family cars	Santana																													Santana
		Santana Variant											Santana 2000									Santana 3000				Santana Vista							Gran Santana
														Passat / Passat V6									Passat Lingyu					Passat Variant
																													Passat / Passat V6
	compact MPVs																					Touran				Touran			Touran / Touran 2013
	sport utility vehicles																											Tiguan

Sales

Notes:

^aSales to dealers
^bDeliveries to customers

References

External links

• Official website