On the heels of Chrysler’s joint venture with Chery that will see the two automakers combine efforts on vehicles that will eventually be U.S.-bound, Volkswagen has announced that its venture with Shanghai Auto will result in a vehicle for North American consumers.
According to Reuters, VW and Shanghai Auto will produce a car aimed at the global market. Shanghai Auto and VW have a relationship that dates back more than 20 years, which has helped solidify VW in the ever-growing Chinese automotive market.
Everything we can find on the Shanghai Auto plants says that the cars have attained VW-acceptable levels of quality, but Chinese auto production isn’t measured with the careful precision that customers world-wide often expect. Currently, Shanghai Auto produces a variety of VW-branded cars, including its own version of the Passat. No word yet on the details of the car that would arrive in North America.
This comes just days after rumors of VW opening a North American plant, something that seems less and less likely now by the day.
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07/19, 8:48 AM
posted by:
Syrax
They already have some chinese cars going to Europe
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HAHA!!! Before LLN!!!!
07/19, 9:08 AM
posted by:
imageWIS
I have seen pics of the new F430, the breaks are massive!
Jon.
07/19, 9:09 AM
posted by:
sunshine1810
Just when we thought VW was trying to improve their image. I am sure that VW’s reliability will suffer dramatically.
07/19, 9:16 AM
posted by:
55amg
DIE!!!!!!
whered u get the ferrari thing?
07/19, 9:20 AM
posted by:
RicardoHead
LMAO …. “VW-acceptable levels of quality” ….. that means it’ll run well for at least one tankful.
07/19, 10:28 AM
posted by:
Me
55amg, speedtv.com
07/19, 10:54 AM
posted by:
Karkat
I dont like the sound of this.
07/19, 11:33 AM
posted by:
Mitch Bangowitz
Ohhhhh nooooooo! No no no no no!
no more made in China!!! ENOUGH!!!!
If what they do to the food is any indication……
07/19, 11:42 AM
posted by:
Veda
If it’s a VW and cheaper cause it’s made somewhere where labor’s cheap, then it may just be a seller in US.
07/19, 1:58 PM
posted by:
Syrax
55amg, on msn autos, but the pics are on http://www.seriouswheels.com
07/19, 11:35 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
OK…so there goes VW’s safety records…isn’t there anything coming out of China that doesn’t suck major ass? :-/
07/20, 1:25 AM
posted by:
TOZO
Unless they’re making a Scirocco in China to bring here (which they wont be doing), people wont want it. Well, at least smart people wont want it.
07/20, 1:38 PM
posted by:
Deanster
“Acceptable” VW quality? We all know what that means. All those Mexican Golfs with the transmissions falling out while driving. And the electrical short circuits within the first two months of ownership.
07/20, 2:24 PM
posted by:
Get Real
Quality Control in China is at the end of a gun.
You complain, you get the gun.
You get it wrong, you get the gun.
You want a union, you get the gun.
For VW this is going back to the 1940’s, they love it.
07/20, 2:54 PM
posted by:
Htay5500
VW quality and reliability will go dwn yet again…
07/20, 7:47 PM
posted by:
swamprat
Get real is right!
07/21, 9:13 AM
posted by:
BLISS
I HOPE THEY ARE MAKING THE RIGHT MOVE….SOMETHING PROGRESSIVE