volkswagen stops producing polo in spain
2024-09-24
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according to automotive news europe, volkswagen group has stopped producing the polo small car at its pamplona plant in spain and switched to producing affordable all-electric small cars. however, volkswagen group is still selling the polo cars produced in kariega, south africa, in europe.
the volkswagen group's pamplona plant has produced polo models since 1984, and has produced a total of 8.4 million polo cars. according to reports, the plant will start producing two pure electric small suv models in 2026, one from the volkswagen brand and one from the skoda brand, and both models will be built on the shortened front-wheel drive version of the meb platform. the reason for such adjustments to the meb platform is that volkswagen's goal is to sell the above two electric suv models at a price closer to that of internal combustion engine models. among them, skoda's model is called epiq, with a starting price of 25,000 euros; the volkswagen brand model is called id.2all suv.
in addition, volkswagen group's other electric small hatchback will also be built on the adjusted meb platform, and this model will be produced at the martorell plant in spain.
volkswagen group pointed out that in addition to the two pure electric small suv models mentioned above, its pamplona plant will continue to produce t-cross and taigo gasoline models.
in recent years, as consumers turn to small suvs such as volkswagen t-roc and t-cross, polo sales in europe have declined. according to data from market research firm dataforce, in the first eight months of this year, volkswagen sold 90,107 polos in europe, making it the eighth-best-selling small car in europe. ten years ago, volkswagen polo's sales in the same period were almost twice as high as now, making it the fourth best-selling model in europe. (ramy)
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source: gasgoo.com
