According to “European Automotive News”, Volkswagen Group’s factory in Pamplona, Spain, has stopped producing Polo small cars and switched to producing pure electric small cars that are affordable to the people.
However, Volkswagen Group still sells Polo cars produced at its Kariega factory in South Africa in Europe.
Photo source: Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Group’s Pamplona factory has been producing Polo models since 1984, and a total of 8.
4 million Polo cars have been produced.
According to reports, the factory will start producing two pure electric small SUV models in 2026, one from the Volkswagen brand and one from the Skoda brand, and both models will be built based on the shortened front-wheel drive version of the MEB platform.
The reason for this adjustment to the MEB platform is because Volkswagen aims to sell the two electric SUV models at prices closer to internal combustion engine models.
Among them, Skoda’s model is called Epiq, which starts at 25,000 euros.
Volkswagen’s model is called ID.
2all SUV.
, In addition, another electric small hatchback owned by the Volkswagen Group will also be built based on the adjusted MEB platform, and this model will be produced at the Martorell factory in Spain.
Volkswagen Group pointed out that in addition to the two purely electric small SUV models mentioned above, its Pamplona plant will continue to produce T-Cross and Taigo gasoline versions.
Polo sales in Europe have declined in recent years as consumers have turned to small SUV models such as the Volkswagen T-Roc and T-Cross.
Data from market research firm Dataforce shows that in the first eight months of this year, Volkswagen sold a total of 90,107 Polo units in Europe, making it the eighth-best-selling small car in Europe.
Ten years ago, sales of the Volkswagen Polo during the same period were almost twice that of today, making it the fourth best-selling model in Europe.
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