First: Although they are essentially Volkswagen, the production lines are different. The brands produced by SAIC-Volkswagen include: Santana, Passat, POLO, Goul, Lavida, Touran, Tiguan, Skoda Octavia (Eurasia), and Haorui (Superb). The brands produced by FAW-Volkswagen include: Audi, Jetta, Golf, Bora, Sagitar, Magotan, and CC.
Second: SAIC-Volkswagen understands the nature of cars better than Chinese people. Under the same platform, SAIC-Volkswagen will make corresponding adjustments according to the specific domestic conditions, whether it is chassis, engine or other configurations. Such as Passat.
As we all know, Passat is essentially not the same car as the European version of Passat, but a sister car to the American version of Passat. This is the difference. FAW-Volkswagen is different. There is a saying in China that FAW-Volkswagen is the real German car. In fact, this statement is not unreasonable. You must know that when FAW introduced the production line, it considered more about the nature of the car, that is, it directly brought the European production line to China for localization.
The demand for Chinese people is actually lacking, so no matter what Volkswagen model it is, FAW cannot compare with SAIC. For example, the latest B8 platform Magotan (European version of Passat) compares SAIC Passat is half a platform ahead, but its sales are far behind. No matter how advanced the technology is, it still cannot catch up with Passat, which is slightly behind in domestic technology.
Third: Marketization. Needless to say, the degree of marketization of SAIC-Volkswagen is enough to illustrate this problem. A number of amazing cars are enough to illustrate this problem (Pasat Lavida, etc., Lavida is not a global car, it is only available in China. To put it bluntly, It’s just a cobbled-together car) and FAW-Volkswagen is unsatisfactory in this regard. Perhaps just the partner "FAW" can explain the problem (you know the central enterprises).
Fourth: In terms of after-sales, this is not difficult to understand. SAIC in the south and FAW in the north. Most SAIC cars are bought in the south because of the dense service outlets, so this is the reason why FAW-Volkswagen is bought in the north.
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Volkswagen (German: Volkswagen) is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany, and one of the world's four largest automobile manufacturers. core enterprise. In 2016, it ranked 7th among the Fortune Global 500. ?
Volks means "national" in German, and Wagen means "car" in German. The full name means "national car", so it is often abbreviated as "VW". It is translated as Volkswagen in Taiwan, and in Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China as Volkswagen or Volkswagen, which means "people's car". The entire automobile group produced and sold more than 9.07 million vehicles in 2012, and the Volkswagen brand exceeded 5.74 million vehicles.
On November 14, 2013, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine announced that Volkswagen (China) Sales Co., Ltd., FAW-Volkswagen Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Volkswagen Co., Ltd. decided to start from November 25, 2013. , recalling some Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda cars, totaling 640,309 vehicles (landed). In October 2014, FAW-Volkswagen once again announced the recall of some new Sagitar and Beetle vehicles.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued an announcement stating that Volkswagen will recall 78,000 imported cars in China due to defects in the steering columns of the vehicles. The recalled models include some imported 2009-2014 Tuwei, Yiou, Scirocco, Scirocco R, crossover golf, golf tourer and golf R produced between January 22, 2009 and May 6, 2014. , Magotan station wagon, Magotan all-road vehicle, CC and Sharan cars.
On March 15, 2018, CCTV’s March 15 Party revealed that the Volkswagen Touareg’s engine had water failure and could not start. On August 25, 2018, Volkswagen officially announced that it would independently launch the electric "We Share" car exclusive service. This exclusive car service will be launched for the first time in Berlin, Germany next spring.
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