christian garcia
December 28, 2022
The Wolfsburg plant is facing significant stoppages for a good part of next January, which will imply a reduction in the ‘stock’ of units of the new Golf at the beginning of 2023.
Volkswagen has several best sellers in its current catalog, and throughout history there are many models of the German brand that have managed to become icons. However, the Volkswagen Golf has reigned in the compact segment since practically the mid-70s. This same 2022 has been the first full year for the eighth generation of the Golf, and the fact is that at the beginning of 2023 it seems that some deliveries They will arrive late due to the stoppages that the Wolfsburg firm has announced at its main plant.
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Precisely in the city that is the headquarters of Volkswagen is located the cradle of golf The one in Wolfsburg is also the largest car factory in the world with more than 6.5 square km. However, the beginning of the new year will mean that work there is carried out at half speed. As announced by a representative of the company, management plans to reduce the number of shifts in the factory due to the supply chain disruption that continue to drag on since the Covid-19 pandemic and that has been aggravated by the microchip crisis and the war in Ukraine. As reported by the media autonewsthe work stoppage would affect the last shift of Golf production for assembly line 3, as well as other adjacent areas from January 9 to 27.
This exacerbates a situation that is far from what it was before 2020. Indeed, Thomas Schaefer, head of the Volkswagen brand, said earlier this month that the plant was making fewer than 400,000 units a year, which translates to less than half full. Along with the new Golf, the Tiguan and Touran are currently also coming off the Wolfsburg assembly line, and the electric ID.3 and a new zero-emissions classed SUV-C will soon join the list. We will see if by mid-2023 the supply of components has improved as expected.
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