The 5 millionth car of FAW-Volkswagen Chengdu Factory officially rolled off the assembly line.
[car home Information] On the afternoon of March 30th, 2021, the 5 millionth new car of Chengdu Branch of FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as FAW-Volkswagen Chengdu Factory) was officially rolled off the assembly line, and the model rolled off the assembly line this time was a medium-sized SUV under the Jetta brand-(|).
FAW-Volkswagen Chengdu Factory was established on May 8, 2009. It is the whole vehicle manufacturing base of FAW-Volkswagen in Chengdu, the first production base of FAW-Volkswagen outside Changchun, and an important part of FAW Group’s southwest development strategy. The branch is located in Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone, covering an area of 2,000 mu (1.3 million square meters).
"FAW-Volkswagen Chengdu Factory"
At present, FAW-Volkswagen Chengdu factory mainly produces models under FAW-Volkswagen and Jetta brands, and the latter is the main product, including sagitar and Jetta VA3, VS5, VS7, etc. As one of the achievements of mass localization, Jetta brand was born in February 2019, and it is also the third brand under FAW-Volkswagen, focusing on technology from the public and high cost performance.
In the two years since the brand was released, Jetta has also released three new cars, completed the coverage of brand cars in various segments, and achieved good sales results. According to the data, in the past 2020, the Jetta brand has achieved sales of more than 160,000 vehicles, among which the best-selling model is its compact SUV, Jetta VS5, with sales reaching 81,077 vehicles.
"Jetta VS7』"
As an expansion of the brand, the Jetta VS7, which went offline this time, was launched in March 2020. It is a medium-sized SUV under the Jetta brand, with a price range of 106.8-136.8 million yuan. The new car adopts the family design style of Jetta brand in appearance. The large-size dot matrix mesh is connected with the headlights, and the center is the exclusive LOGO of Jetta brand. In addition, the overall design of VS7′ s body serves practicality, and Fangzheng’s body provides sufficient interior seating space to meet the needs of consumers for daily use.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4624/1841/1644mm and the wheelbase is 2730mm respectively. In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a 1.4T high-power engine with a maximum power of 150 HP and a maximum torque of 250 Nm. The transmission system is matched with a 5-speed manual /6-speed automatic manual transmission, and only the predecessor version is available.
Editor’s comment:
It can be seen that from the early production of FAW-Volkswagen brand models to the birth of Jetta brand, the production of the 5 millionth vehicle is obviously a brand-new milestone belonging to FAW-Volkswagen Chengdu factory. At the same time, in this process, we also saw that the Volkswagen brand has made further progress from its early success in the China market to its localization and market segmentation, and further expanded the domestic market through the Jetta brand. In the future, Volkswagen will make a firm transformation towards electrification, so what will be Jetta’s next car? Can we see the emergence of Jetta brand electric products? Or, what will happen to the cars around us when the next 5 million cars of FAW-Volkswagen Chengdu factory are achieved? (Text/car home Ma Aijun)