Is Volkswagen a Domestic or Joint Venture Brand?
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Volkswagen is a joint venture brand. The specific details are as follows: 1. Volkswagen has two joint venture brands in China: These two brands are Shanghai Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen. Volkswagen is a joint venture brand, not a domestic brand. 2. Volkswagen is a German automobile brand: The company's headquarters is located in Wolfsburg, Germany, and it is one of the world's four largest automobile manufacturers. 3. The brands under Volkswagen include: Volkswagen, Lamborghini, Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Bugatti, etc. 4. Volkswagen has many popular models among consumers: For example, Golf, Tiguan, CC, Magotan, Passat, Beetle, etc.
All models produced by Volkswagen in China are joint venture vehicles, resulting from the collaboration between German Volkswagen and Chinese automakers. Over the years I've worked in the automotive industry, I've witnessed Volkswagen's localization through its two joint ventures: SAIC Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen. While the design and core technologies remain German, the production lines are entirely domestic, operated by our own workforce. Popular models like the Passat and Lavida are manufactured in factories located in Shanghai and Changchun, with exceptionally high localization rates for components. So strictly speaking, they aren't purely domestic independent brands like Geely or BYD, but they also can't be simply categorized as imported vehicles. Essentially, they're local players with German automotive DNA.
