SAIC transformed Ningbo factory, Q8 is expected to be mixed production.
The SAIC Audi project has made the latest progress. Recently, some media reported that SAIC Audi's C-class SUV model will be settled in the second phase of SAIC Volkswagen Ningbo, with an annual production capacity of 75,000 vehicles.
According to the previous plan, the first batch of domestic models of SAIC Audi are planned to be A+SUV, A7L, B SUV and C SUV. Judging from Audi's existing product matrix, the C-class SUV has only Q7 and Q8 products. Judging from A7L confirmed by SAIC Audi before, the product strategy of coupe+lengthening may be continued, so the C-class SUV put into production by SAIC Audi is expected to be Q8.
According to the information of trial operation management system of Zhejiang government service network construction project, SAIC Volkswagen will invest 65.438+0.59 billion yuan to transform the existing production technology of Ningbo Phase II plant, because some equipment will be added to produce new models. After the renovation project is completed, the new model will be mixed with the original model, and the total production capacity of Ningbo Branch will remain unchanged.
It is worth noting that the planned commencement time of Ningbo Phase II factory renovation project is February 202 1 year, and the expected completion time is June 2022, which coincides with the time when SAIC Volkswagen officially said that Audi products will not be sold before 2022.
According to public information, Ningbo Phase II Factory is currently responsible for the production of Volkswagen Touran, Wei Ran and Skoda Ming Rui family.
The lack of luxury brands widens the gap between North and South.
With 20 18 China auto market entering the downward range, the pattern of China auto market began to change quietly. As the champion of passenger car sales for many years, SAIC Volkswagen was surpassed by FAW-Volkswagen in 20 19.
In 2020, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the overall automobile market in China will go down. Although SAIC Volkswagen's sales volume is still second only to FAW-Volkswagen, the gap between them is obviously widening. According to the data of the Federation, the market share of SAIC Volkswagen in the first quarter of this year was 8.6%, which was basically the same as that of the same period last year. However, the market share of FAW-Volkswagen has rapidly expanded from 9. 1% in the same period last year to1.1%at present, with an increase of 2 percentage points.
"In fact, the performance of SAIC- Volkswagen's Volkswagen brand in the market is not bad, but FAW-Volkswagen has the Audi brand, and the Audi brand has performed well, which has caused the gap between the North and the South." Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the Federation, told CRRC.
The lack of luxury brands has always been a major shortcoming of SAIC Volkswagen, so despite the huge controversy before, the SAIC Audi project has been continuously promoted.
At the shareholders' meeting of SAIC in May last year, Chen Hong, chairman of SAIC, revealed the latest progress of cooperation between SAIC and Audi. Chen Hong said: "For the cooperation project with Audi, we are still communicating with the Volkswagen Group. It is a formal understanding between SAIC Volkswagen and Volkswagen to introduce high-end brands and accelerate the development of Audi business in China. The general direction of the principle of cooperation has not changed. "
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