For months now, the Volkswagen automotive, In Germany, they have been facing a serious crisis due to the drop in demand at a global level and, especially, from their main market, China, they are entering a week of strong tensions.
One of the main problems is its high production costs in your country which makes any strategy to compete on prices difficult.
This week, the union that brings together the company’s workers began a new series of strikes that will affect almost all of Volkswagen’s 10 factories in that country.
This decision follows last week, when almost 100,000 workers left their jobs after management rejected a union proposal that included reducing dividend payments and cutting some bonuses.
The company anticipated that, among its plans, the closure of about three factories in Germany is being analyzed.
In this context, different journalistic sources reported today that Europe’s leading automaker is considering moving Golf production abroad.
Among the different places for the industrial establishment of the new generation of that iconic model is Mexico.
The possibility was advanced by the economic newspaper “Handelsblatt” which cites sources linked to those plans discussed by the senior management of Volkswagen, based in the city of Wolfsburg.
Also, sources consulted by the DPA-AFX agency, this is one of the scenarios that management is currently examining. However
Volkswagen’s headquarters declined to comment on this information, although a spokesperson for the works council spoke of speculation far from possible resolutions.
like the model Beetle Before him, the Golf is considered by many to be the flagship among the firm’s automobiles. The Golf is currently only manufactured for the global market at the group’s headquarters in the German state of Lower Saxony.
In Mexico, the group has a plant in Puebla, which previously also manufactured the Beetle for the North American market.
In 2024, Volkswagen Golf celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Golf, marking five decades of success in the automotive industry. This compact car, which began production in 1974 in Germany, has become one of the most emblematic Volkswagens globally and is the best-selling car in the European market, with more than 37 million units produced to date.
To date, Volkswagen Golf has had 8 generations that have allowed everyone, from engineers and designers to millions of drivers and fans, to be part of its 50-year history. Each generation of this compact car has connected with different audiences in different parts of the planet, offering everything from sporty versions like the Volkswagen Golf GTI to innovative ecological options like the Volkswagen e-Golf.
Source: Ambito
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