The numbers are up for Volkswagen, which celebrated the 1,5-millionth vehicle built for export recently – and surpassed the 21 000 mark for vehicles built so far this year at its Kariega plant.
The vehicle in question is a Polo GTI, now on its way to the United Kingdom. The Kariega plant built 101 557 Polos for export last year and its record for export units in one year was in 2019, when the team built 108 422 vehicles for export markets.
Currently the Kariega plant is the sole manufacturer of the Volkswagen Polo, exporting this vehicle to 38 markets worldwide. The plant has been building the current Polo since January 2018 and began production of the facelifted Polo in August 2021 and it produces the Polo Vivo for the South African market.
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L – R: Luleka Bastile (Quality Assurance), Carsten Berger (Head of Quality Assurance), Juergen Manthey (Quality Assurance), Ulrich Schwabe (Production Director), Pumza Mboniswa (Production) and Ntombizandile Gamanda (Production).
“Celebrating another production milestone this early in the year sets the tone for a successful 2024,” says Ulrich Schwabe, Volkswagen Group Africa production director. “Volkswagen Group Africa remains a strong player in the export space and I am proud of the team behind milestones such as these. As the home of Polo we intend to continue building and delivering our high-quality vehicles to customers around the world – and hopefully achieve many more milestones along the way.”
Colin Windell
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