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FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd.
Native name一汽-大众汽车有限公司
Company typeJoint venture
IndustryAutomotive
Founded6 February 1991; 33 years ago (1991-02-06)
HeadquartersChangchun, Jilin, China
Area servedChina
Key peopleChairman: Xiandong Qiu
General Manager: Zhanfu Pan
Products
Brands
ParentFAW Group (60%)
Volkswagen AG (20%)
Audi AG (10%)
Volkswagen (China) Invest (10%)
Websitewww.faw-vw.com
Faw-Volkswagen
Automobile Co., Ltd.
Simplified Chinese一汽-大众汽车有限公司
Traditional Chinese一汽-大眾汽車有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYīqì Dàzhòng qì chē Yǒu xiàn Gōngsī

FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between FAW Group and Volkswagen Group which manufactures Audi and Volkswagen marque passenger cars for sale in China. It was founded on 6 February 1991.

FAW-VW is headquartered in the south-western fringes of Changchun, Jilin Province, where it also has two vehicle assembly plants. It has an additional assembly plant in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and a fourth plant is under construction in Foshan, Guangdong Province. FAW-VW is capable of producing the cars based on the platforms of PQ34, PQ35 and PQ46.

FAW-VW's year-on-year production volume exceeded 513,000 units as of 31 July 2009.

History

1980s

Audi AG began a contract on August 13, 1988, with First Automobile Works to produce the Audi 100 for the Chinese market. The 100 was assembled with imported parts from Germany.

1990s

On November 20, 1990, the official contract of an annual capacity of 150,000 cars for the joint venture between FAW Group (First Automotive Works Group) and Volkswagen AG was signed by Geng Zhaojie (耿昭杰), President of FAW and Dr. Carl Hahn, CEO of Volkswagen AG in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing. All of the facilities in the first car plant, including the body shop, paint shop and assembly shop came together from the abandoned factory of VW's in Westmoreland, USA. The company started its business officially on September 1, 1992.

On December 5, 1991, the first Volkswagen Jetta Mk2 rolled off the line. Two years later, on February 7, 1993, the 10,000th car rolled off the line.

In 1995 FAW Group, Volkswagen AG and Audi AG decided to integrate Audi to the product line of the joint ventures, the equity holdings were also changed with 60% for FAW, 30% for VW and 10% Audi.

On May 20, 1996, the first Audi 200 rolled off the line.

On July 10, 1996, the engine shop started running as well as full-scale production.

By July 1996, the company was capable of producing 150,000 cars, 270,000 engines and 180,000 gearboxes in one year.

In 1997 FAW-Volkswagen Sales Company Ltd. was established as a joint venture between FAW-VW and FAW Group with the equity holdings of 50% for each, it was a smart idea of avoiding the Germans to take control of the sales department under the policy of the governing body then. By 2002 FAW-VW took the majority of the equities back from FAW Group.

In 1998 the Jetta King became the first car ever equipped with ABS system in the Chinese A-class market.

In 1999 the Jetta was registered in FIA Group N category, it entered a lot of Rally events in China with FRD Sport and Qingyang Racing from the late 1990s to early 2000s.

2000s

In 2002 the Jetta became the first mass production passenger car in China to be available with a diesel engine.

On January 7, 2004, the 1,000,000 car (a Bora A4) rolled off the line.

On December 7, 2004, FAW-VW's second car plant began operating.

On August 4, 2009, the 3,000,000th car (a Golf A6) rolled off the line in car plant #2.

2010s

By 2010 FAW-VW had sold over 1,000,000 Audis (including imported cars) in China. With the celebration, a sculpture named 'Ode to Audi' from Gerry Judah was set at the entrance of the company.

According to Chinese government policy, foreign auto manufactures should develop domestic brands with their local partners. Thus FAW-VW revealed its own brand 'Kaili (开利)' in May 2011.

On August 15, 2011, FAW-VW celebrated its twentieth anniversary with its one millionth car in 2011 (a Magotan B7L).

In 2014, Volkswagen Group and its Chinese joint venture partner First Automotive Works (FAW) announced an agreement to extend their partnership for a further 25 years, until the year 2041.

On March 26, 2019, FAW-VW launched new Jetta sub-brand, with three new vehicles: Jetta VA3, VS5 and VS7. While VA3 is a rebadge of VW Jetta in China, both SUV models, VS5 and VS7, are rebadges of SEAT models. The sales is scheduled to start in the third quarter of this year. All Jetta models are assembled at the Chengdu plant.

Leadership

FAW-Volkswagen Automotive CO., LTD.
From To President
1991 January 1, 1996 Lin Ganwei (林敢为)
January 1, 1996 January 1, 2002 Lu Linkui (陆林奎)
January 1, 2002 January 1, 2006 Qin Huanming (秦焕明)
January 1, 2006 April 27, 2013 An Tiecheng (安铁成)
April 27, 2013 present ZHANG Pijie (张丕杰)

Automobile production started in December 1991, and the current manufactured range includes:

Facilities

Name Location Founded Annual capacity Production
Changchun Plant Changchun, Jilin 1991 Audi A4L, Audi A6L, Audi Q5L, Audi e-tron, Volkswagen Magotan, Volkswagen CC, Volkswagen CC Shooting Brake, Volkswagen Tacqua
Chengdu Branch Chengdu, Sichuan 2011 Jetta VA3, Jetta VS5, Jetta VS7, Volkswagen Sagitar
Foshan Branch Foshan, Guangdong 2013 600,000 vehicles Audi Q2L, Audi Q4 e-tron, Volkswagen Golf VIII, Volkswagen ID.4 Crozz, Volkswagen ID.6 Crozz, Volkswagen ID.7 Vizzion, Volkswagen T-Roc
Qingdao Branch Qingdao, Shandong 2018 300,000 vehicles Volkswagen Bora, Audi A3 Sportback, Audi A3L
Tianjin Branch Tianjin 2018 300,000 vehicles Audi Q3, Audi Q3 Sportback, Volkswagen Talagon, Volkswagen Tavendor, Volkswagen Tayron, Volkswagen Tayron X

Current products

Audi

Jetta

Volkswagen

Former products

Audi

Volkswagen

Current powertrain range

  • EA390 2.5T VR6 engine
  • EA888 2.0T L4 engine
  • EA211 1.4T & 1.5L L4 engine
  • MQ200 5-speed MT
  • AQ160 & AQ250 6-speed AT
  • DQ200 & DQ381 & DQ500 7-speed DSG

Sales

The following figures including VWs and Audis made by FAW-VW:

Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Annual Sales – 7,617 12,500 7,179 18,649 25,441 38,586 62,452 78,755 111,049 130,761 207,858 298,006
Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Annual Sales 300,118 277,527 351,347 455,654 490,965 682,374 858,697 1,018,888

See also

References

  1. "FAW-VW Company introduction". Archived from the original on 2011-12-05. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  2. FAW-VW Sold a Total of 513,000 Units of Vehicles Last Year Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "FAW-VW Memorabilia 1991–2011". Archived from the original on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  4. "FAW-Volkswagen Company history".
  5. Capitas ode to audi unveiled
  6. VW-Elektroautos in China: VW erhält Fertigungslizenz
  7. FAW-VW celebrated its 20th anniversary
  8. FAW-VW partnership extended for further 25 years
  9. "Jetta: New China-only Volkswagen models shown at Shanghai | Autocar". www.autocar.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  10. Torchinsky, Jason. "Jetta Is Its Own Car Brand Now [Update]". Jalopnik.
  11. "VW launches first models under entry-level China subbrand". Automotive News Europe. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

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