VOLKSWAGEN is planning to stop production at one of its combustion engine car plants in China, a sign of the automakers struggles to manage overcapacity in the world's biggest car market, reports Reuters.
VW, along with its joint venture partner SAIC Motor, will gradually shift production of its Passat family cars from the Nanjing plant to a nearby factory in the same eastern province of Jiangsu, said one source.
But the JV has no definitive timetable for the move and has not yet decided whether it would completely close the factory or put it on sale, the source said.
Some workers at the Nanjing factory would be told to relocate to work in SAIC-VW's Yizheng plant, which currently makes the brand's best-selling Lavida sedans, the person said.
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VW, along with its joint venture partner SAIC Motor, will gradually shift production of its Passat family cars from the Nanjing plant to a nearby factory in the same eastern province of Jiangsu, said one source.
But the JV has no definitive timetable for the move and has not yet decided whether it would completely close the factory or put it on sale, the source said.
Some workers at the Nanjing factory would be told to relocate to work in SAIC-VW's Yizheng plant, which currently makes the brand's best-selling Lavida sedans, the person said.
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