Volkswagen of South Africa celebrates
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Volkswagen of South Africa has celebrated the export of its 375 000th
vehicle with the news of an increased export order of approximately 6
000 Polo’s destined for Europe.
Volkswagen
of SA Managing Director David Powels described the extended
Polo export order as a “mini windfall”. The factory will run full
production due to this increase in export demand.
The increased export order is a direct consequence of the German Auto
Industry Financial Support Package, which includes a 2,500 euro payment
to any driver who buys a new, low-emission passenger car and scraps an
existing car that is over nine years old. “The short-term demand
created by the support package has resulted in Volkswagen of SA’s
receipt of the order for incremental export Polo’s,” continued Mr
Powels.
He said that over 40 per cent of Volkswagen of SA’s total planned
production volume in 2009 would be exported.
Volkswagen
of SA’s initial export of vehicles occurred in the early 90s
with the clinching of an export deal for 12 500 left-hand drive Jettas,
destined for China. The Company then proceeded to win orders for third
generation Golf GTI’s to the United Kingdom, a significant order for
fourth generation Golfs to Europe, and, in 2004, started exporting
Polos and new Golfs to the Asia Pacific region.
Following on its Jetta export heritage, the Company secured the order
to export the latest Jetta model in May last year to countries
including Australia, Japan, and Great Britain.
Source: PERCCI.
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