|Tucumán<br /><ref name=VWAG_plants/><ref>{{cite web|title=Scania Group - Argentina, Tucamán|url=http://www.scania.com/scania-group/scania-around-the-world/production-units/tucaman.aspx|publisher=Scania AB (publ)|work=Scania.com|year=2008|accessdate=4 October 2009}}</ref>|| ||[[South America|South<br />America]],<br />{{fb|ARG}}||[[San Miguel de Tucumán]],<br />[[Tucumán Province]]|| || ||Rear [[axle]] [[gear]]s|| || ||649||Scania Argentina S.A. factory, part of [[Scania (company)|Scania AB]]||{{Coord|26|52|47.5|S|65|7|38|W|type:landmark_region:AR-T|name=Scania Argentina S.A., Tucamán}}
|Tucumán<br /><ref name=VWAG_plants/><ref>{{cite web|title=Scania Group - Argentina, Tucamán|url=http://www.scania.com/scania-group/scania-around-the-world/production-units/tucaman.aspx|publisher=Scania AB (publ)|work=Scania.com|year=2008|accessdate=4 October 2009}}</ref>|| ||[[South America|South<br />America]],<br />{{fb|ARG}}||[[San Miguel de Tucumán]],<br />[[Tucumán Province]]|| || ||Rear [[axle]] [[gear]]s|| || ||649||Scania Argentina S.A. factory, part of [[Scania (company)|Scania AB]]||{{Coord|26|52|47.5|S|65|7|38|W|type:landmark_region:AR-T|name=Scania Argentina S.A., Tucamán}}
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|Uitenhage<br /><ref name=VWAG_plants/>||'''U'''||[[Africa]],<br />{{fb|ZAF}}||[[Uitenhage]],<br />[[Eastern Cape|Eastern<br />Cape]]||[[Volkswagen Polo Mk5|VW Polo Mk5 (6R)]]||<br />[[Volkswagen Golf|VW Golf]]<br />[[Volkswagen Jetta|VW Jetta]]<br />[[Volkswagen Volksbus|VW Volksbus]]<br />[[Volkswagen Constellation|VW Constellation]]<br />[[Volkswagen Golf Variant#1J|VW Golf Mk4 Variant]]||[[list of Volkswagen Group engines|Engines]],<br />Components||mid 1960's|| ||5,350||Part of Volkswagen of South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. Primarily supplies countries which use [[right-hand drive]]||{{Coord|33.786023|S|25.416441|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:ZA-EC|name=Volkswagen Uitenhage}}
|Uitenhage<br /><ref name=VWAG_plants/>||'''U'''||[[Africa]],<br />{{fb|ZAF}}||[[Uitenhage]],<br />[[Eastern Cape|Eastern<br />Cape]]||[[Volkswagen Polo Mk5|VW Polo Mk5 (6R)]]||[[Volkswagen Golf|VW Golf]]<br />[[Volkswagen Jetta|VW Jetta]]<br />[[Volkswagen Volksbus|VW Volksbus]]<br />[[Volkswagen Constellation|VW Constellation]]<br />[[Volkswagen Golf Variant#1J|VW Golf Mk4 Variant]]||[[list of Volkswagen Group engines|Engines]],<br />Components||mid 1960's|| ||5,350||Part of Volkswagen of South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. Primarily supplies countries which use [[right-hand drive]]||{{Coord|33.786023|S|25.416441|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:ZA-EC|name=Volkswagen Uitenhage}}
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|Ürümqi<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=Der Volkswagen Konzern in China|url=http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/de/themes/2013/04/Volkswagen_Group_in_China.html|publisher=Volkswagen AG.|accessdate=15 June 2013}}</ref>[[Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation|Shanghai]]<br />[[Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive|Volkswagen]]<br />(SVW)<br />||'''???'''||[[Asia]],<br />{{fb|CHN|name=China}}||[[Urumqi]]<br />[[Toutunhe|Toutunhe District<br />Xinjiang Province]],<br />||[[VW New Santana]]<br />||[[VW New Santana]]|| ||2013|| ||???||Part of Shanghai Volkswagen / Shanghai Volkswagen (Xinjiang), start CKD production in mid of 2013||{{Coord|43|49|52|N|87|26|28|E|type:landmark_region:CN-43|name=Shanghai Volkswagen (Xinjiang) (SVW) Urumqi}}
|Ürümqi<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=Der Volkswagen Konzern in China|url=http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/de/themes/2013/04/Volkswagen_Group_in_China.html|publisher=Volkswagen AG.|accessdate=15 June 2013}}</ref>[[Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation|Shanghai]]<br />[[Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive|Volkswagen]]<br />(SVW)<br />||'''???'''||[[Asia]],<br />{{fb|CHN|name=China}}||[[Urumqi]]<br />[[Toutunhe|Toutunhe District<br />Xinjiang Province]],<br />||[[VW New Santana]]<br />||[[VW New Santana]]|| ||2013|| ||???||Part of Shanghai Volkswagen / Shanghai Volkswagen (Xinjiang), start CKD production in mid of 2013||{{Coord|43|49|52|N|87|26|28|E|type:landmark_region:CN-43|name=Shanghai Volkswagen (Xinjiang) (SVW) Urumqi}}
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Overview of current locations of Volkswagen Group factories around the world
The German Volkswagen Group is the third largest automaker in the world,[9] and the largest in Europe. As of February 2010[ref], it has 61 production plants[1] and factories in fifteen European countries,[1] along with six countries in the Americas, Asia, and Africa.[1] The Group employs nearly 370,000 people around the world,[1] who produce a daily output of over 26,600 motor vehicles,[1] and related major components,[1] for sale in over 150 countries around the globe.[1]
Notes: In the second column of the table:- the 'factory VIN ID code',[10] this is indicated in the 11th digit of the vehicles' 17 digit Vehicle Identification Number, and this factory code is only assigned to plants which produce actual completed vehicles. Component factories which do not produce complete vehicles do not have this factory ID code.
SVW consists of a total area of 3.33 km2, and includes a floor space of 0.9 km2. One of the largest car-makers in China, it produces 500,000 units annually.
SEAT Gearbox del Prat, S.A. transmission production site, fully owned by SEAT, S.A., producing gearboxes for SEAT, VW, Audi and Škoda; in 2009 the facility received the Volkswagen Excellence Award for the high-quality production process and product[14]
Former SEAT, S.A. main factory and production line, now solely a press shop plant, also hosting SEAT's Training centre. Oldest currently operating Volkswagen Group factory outside of Germany.
The plant suffered damage from a magnesium fire in May 2006. It also mounts the 7-speed DSG to 4-cylinder engines. Also includes the Volkswagen AG Original Teile Centre (OTC), (Volkswagen Group Original Parts Centre) supplying 330,000 genuine parts.
Engines; serial production to start end of 2014; planned capacity of 360 engines per day
2009
2,500 (anticipated by 2010)
Headquarters and plant of Volkswagen India, Škoda Auto India plant. Costing €580m, this is the largest German investment in India. A maximum annual capacity of 110,000 fully manufactured cars is anticipated.
VW Group's 62nd plant, the Volkswagen Group of America plant is located on a 1,350 acres (550 ha) site and was inaugurated in May 2011, anticipating an annual capacity of 150,000 cars.
Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles site. Originally an Auto Union plant prior to the construction of the Ingolstadt plant, but was retained by Daimler-Benz following the sale of Auto Union to Volkswagen in 1964. Builds the LT3 and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter under a joint venture agreement.
Was the final German factory to produce the original Beetle before all production was shifted to the Puebla plant in Mexico. Is now the principal plant for the VW Passat. Has its own harbour which imports and re-distributes vehicles produced in overseas plants
Bodyshell construction and painting of Audi TT (C & R) and A3 Cabrio
1964
46,502
The larger of Audi's two principal assembly plants (the other being Neckarsulm). Volkswagen acquired the near-new plant at Ingolstadt when Auto Union was purchased from Daimler-Benz. Now headquarters of AUDI AG and the Audi Group (which primarily consists of Audi and Lamborghini)
New 200 m² facility; projected full annual output capacity of 150,000 vehicles to be reached during 2010, with employees rising to 3,000. All vehicles produced were initially semi knock downs (SKD), but full production will start 2010. Is served by Grabtsevo Airport, both part of Volkswagen Group Russia (OOO Volkswagen Rus).
Headquarters, Technical Centre, R&D Centre, Design Center, Prototypes Centre of Development and main factory of SEAT, S.A. with annual capacity of 500,000 cars, SEAT Sport division Centre, as well as Volkswagen Group Genuine Parts Centre.
Construction of SEAT's Technical Centre began in 1973, and was completed in 1975. Construction of SEAT's factory began in 1989, inaugurated by the King of Spain in 1993;in 1998 the plant received the Best factory of the VW Group in the first quarter award
Main factory, R&D and headquarters of Škoda Auto a.s., and home to Škoda Auto Museum. Site started original manufacturing of cars in 1905. Transferred into VW Group ownership in April 1991.
VW Phaeton bodyshells for completion in the Transparent Factory
1991
7,632
Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH subsidiary. Has its origins as a pre-war Audi/Auto Union plant which became the VEB Sachsenring (Trabant) assembly plant after Auto Union relocated to Ingolstadt after WW2. Now home to the Audi AG-owned August Horch Museum.
Headquarters, research and development facility and plant of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.. All production is carried out by hand using traditional 'craftsman' techniques.
Previously called Landaben when formerly owned by SEAT, S.A., ownership was transferred to Volkswagen Group in the 1990s, under the Volkswagen Navarra, S.A. subsidiary; in 1986 the facility was awarded with the World quality award (Q-86).[30]
Headquarters and plant of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., also location of the company's main research and development department, part of the Audi Group.
T & 9 codes used when Sarajevo was in former country of Yugoslavia. Factory bombed during the Bosnian War, subsequently rebuilt in 1998, additional S code assigned for Volkswagen Sarajevo d.o.o. in the new country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. All are SKDs.
Originally built by Chrysler in the 1960s, but was not completed until VWoA began operations. Sony took over the site in 1990. In 1994, its VIN ID code was reassigned to the Portuguese Palmela factory.
Oldest factory; Bombed during WW2, rebuilt shortly thereafter under leadership from British Army Major Ivan Hirst. Headquarters of Volkswagen AG. Informally known as Golfsburg after it was officially renamed for a week in November 2003 to celebrate the 5th generation Golf. 13 km2. Also includes Auto 5000 GmbH and Sitech Sitztechnik GmbH.
Porsche factory - was used to build the Audi RS2 Avant under a joint venture agreement between Porsche and Audi. The dates indicate the duration of this project.
^Jones, Jeffrey (27 August 1997). "VW Bratislava expands production". Central Europe Automotive Report. The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 26 August 2009.