11-07-2025
Volkswagen to shut joint China plant with SAIC Motor
The Nanjing plant was built in 2008 and has a maximum annual production capacity of 360,000 vehicles. © AP
EIKI HAYASHI and TOMOKO WAKASUGI
FRANKFURT, Germany/SHANGHAI -- Volkswagen will close a Chinese vehicle assembly plant operated jointly with state-owned SAIC Motor in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, as the German automaker tries reversing a slide by restructuring in the market that accounts for roughly 30% of its deliveries.
The Nanjing plant was built in 2008 and built such gasoline-powered vehicles as the flagship Passat and budget brand Skoda's Superb. It has a maximum output capacity of 360,000 units a year. But its utilization rate had fallen because of declining sales, and production was later halted.
