Also, you have to consider that the tooling cost of a complete new design is not cheap, as Passat B6 is based on the Golf A5 floorplan, which means that the Shanghai VW will have to invest greatly on retooling. This is not just the problem for Shanghai VW, but also a problem for Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil, that's why they still make the MK IV generation Jetta and Golf in these country and selling it along side the MK V.
Also, a great deal of redesign and modification will have to put in the B6 in order for it to work for the Chinese environment, and also, FAW VW and Shanghai VW is actually competetor with a same name plate in bidding new cars contract, that's why you see Shanghai Touran and FAW Caddy, (same plateform, different factories). BTW: from a friend working for VW headquarter in Germany. She told me that the B6 have been awarded to FAW VW, however, the car will not be call Passat and will have an extensivly redesign body.
[ref=421217]CZ_6686[/ref] 在 2005-11-15 12:38 AM 發表:
Also, you have to consider that the tooling cost of a complete new design is not cheap, as Passat B6 is based on the Golf A5 floorplan, which means that the Shanghai VW will have to invest greatly on retooling. This is not just the problem for Shanghai VW, but also a problem for Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil, that's why they still make the MK IV generation Jetta and Golf in these country and selling it along side the MK V.
Also, a great deal of redesign and modification will have to put in the B6 in order for it to work for the Chinese environment, and also, FAW VW and Shanghai VW is actually competetor with a same name plate in bidding new cars contract, that's why you see Shanghai Touran and FAW Caddy, (same plateform, different factories). BTW: from a friend working for VW headquarter in Germany. She told me that the B6 have been awarded to FAW VW, however, the car will not be call Passat and will have an extensivly redesign body.
[ref=421217]CZ_6686[/ref] 在 2005-11-15 12:38 AM 發表:
[ref=421229]art0925[/ref] 在 2005-11-15 12:46 AM 發表:
Also, you have to consider that the tooling cost of a complete new design is not cheap, as Passat B6 is based on the Golf A5 floorplan, which means that the Shanghai VW will have to invest greatly ...
[ref=421228]art0925[/ref] 在 2005-11-15 12:45 AM 發表:
Also, you have to consider that the tooling cost of a complete new design is not cheap, as Passat B6 is based on the Golf A5 floorplan, which means that the Shanghai VW will have to invest greatly ...
