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Native name | 一汽-大众汽车有限公司 |
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| Company type | Joint venture |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 6 February 1991; 34 years ago (1991-02-06) |
| Headquarters | Changchun, Jilin, China |
Area served | China |
Key people | Chairman: Xiandong Qiu General Manager: Zhanfu Pan |
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| Parent | FAW Group (60%) Volkswagen AG (20%) Audi AG (10%) Volkswagen (China) Invest (10%) |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 一汽-大众汽车有限公司 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 一汽-大眾汽車有限公司 | ||||||
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FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. is ajoint venture betweenFAW Group andVolkswagen Group which manufactures Audi and Volkswagen marque passenger cars for sale in China.[1] It was founded on 6 February 1991.
FAW-VW is headquartered in the south-western fringes ofChangchun,Jilin Province, where it also has two vehicle assembly plants. It has an additional assembly plant inChengdu,Sichuan Province, and a fourth plant is under construction inFoshan,Guangdong Province. FAW-VW is capable of producing the cars based on the platforms ofPQ34,PQ35 andPQ46.
FAW-VW's year-on-year production volume exceeded 513,000 units as of 31 July 2009.[2]
Audi AG began a contract on August 13, 1988, withFirst Automobile Works to produce theAudi 100 for the Chinese market. The 100 was assembled with imported parts from Germany.
On November 20, 1990, the official contract of an annual capacity of 150,000 cars for the joint venture betweenFAW Group (First Automotive Works Group) andVolkswagen AG was signed by Geng Zhaojie (耿昭杰), President ofFAW and Dr.Carl Hahn, CEO ofVolkswagen AG in theGreat Hall of the People,Beijing.[3] All of the facilities in the first car plant, including the body shop, paint shop and assembly shop came together from the abandoned factory ofVW's inWestmoreland, USA. The company started its business officially on September 1, 1992.[3]
On December 5, 1991, the firstVolkswagen Jetta Mk2 rolled off the line. Two years later, on February 7, 1993, the 10,000th car rolled off the line.[3]
In 1995FAW Group,Volkswagen AG andAudi AG decided to integrate Audi to the product line of the joint ventures, the equity holdings were also changed with 60% forFAW, 30% forVW and 10%Audi.[3]
On May 20, 1996, the firstAudi 200 rolled off the line.[3]
On July 10, 1996, the engine shop started running[3] as well as full-scale production.[4]
By July 1996, the company was capable of producing 150,000 cars, 270,000 engines and 180,000 gearboxes in one year.[3]
In 1997 FAW-Volkswagen Sales Company Ltd. was established as ajoint venture between FAW-VW andFAW 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 fromFAW Group.
In 1998 theJetta King became the first car ever equipped withABS system in the Chinese A-class market.[3]
In 1999 theJetta was registered inFIAGroup N category, it entered a lot ofRally events in China with FRD Sport and Qingyang Racing from the late 1990s to early 2000s.
In 2002 theJetta 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 (aBora A4) rolled off the line.[3]
On December 7, 2004, FAW-VW's second car plant began operating.[3]
On August 4, 2009, the 3,000,000th car (aGolf A6) rolled off the line in car plant #2.[3]
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' fromGerry Judah was set at the entrance of the company.[3][5]
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.[6]
On August 15, 2011, FAW-VW celebrated its twentieth anniversary with its one millionth car in 2011 (aMagotan B7L).[7]
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.[8]
On March 26, 2019, FAW-VW launched newJetta 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 ofSEAT models. The sales is scheduled to start in the third quarter of this year.[9][10][11] All Jetta models are assembled at the Chengdu plant.
| From | To | President |
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| 1991 | January 1, 1996 | Lin Ganwei (林敢为)[3] |
| January 1, 1996 | January 1, 2002 | Lu Linkui (陆林奎)[3] |
| January 1, 2002 | January 1, 2006 | Qin Huanming (秦焕明)[3] |
| January 1, 2006 | April 27, 2013 | An Tiecheng (安铁成)[3] |
| April 27, 2013 | present | Zhang Pijie (张丕杰)[3] |
| Name | Location | Founded | Annual capacity | Production |
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| Changchun Plant | Changchun,Jilin | 1991 | Audi A5L,Audi A6L,Audi Q5L,Audi Q5L Sportback,Volkswagen Magotan,Volkswagen CC,Volkswagen CC Shooting Brake,Volkswagen Tacqua | |
| Chengdu Branch | Chengdu,Sichuan | 2011 | Jetta VA3,Jetta VA7,Jetta VS5,Jetta VS7,Volkswagen Sagitar,Volkswagen Sagitar L | |
| 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 |
Automobile production started in December 1991, and the current manufactured range includes:
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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 |
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| 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 |
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