Comments on: VW China outsells German market

By: too stupid

too stupid — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:33:49 +0000

shanghai is shanghai. in shanghai ,u will find the taxi is more than private cars eveywhere.u know how much the license plate is, at least 10000AUD,and people must go to bid the license plate. so many people can afford the car, but they still using public transport. the chinese driver doesn’t know this.The santana is originally from brzil.current taxi in shanghai most are santana2000, really realiable, it has been sold around 13years in my memory

By: Angel

Angel — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:45:43 +0000

Maybe people can finally wake up and smell the coffee-beans, China IS the new and master and biggest and most important car country on the planet.

Tallipa

By: Baddass

Baddass — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:50:24 +0000

I’m wondering when this dream uprising of China will end. I read somewhere that many car manufacturers aim for a million-plus cars sold in a year. That is quite scary considering the cars aren’t very modern in terms of safety ratings and emissions.

By: jon

jon — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:53:58 +0000

Well done VW, great cars, the new Toyota

By: ChineseDriver

ChineseDriver — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:03:38 +0000

AW,

VW do sell a lot of private cars in china, including jetta, passat, golf and polo. You will see these cars on street all the time.

Most VW Taxis are a model called ‘Santana’, which I think is designed in China (pretty ugly) but they are quite cheap and reliable.

As I recall, VW was actually the 1st foreign car company that start to build cars in China, in late 80s, their brand in China had been established for over 20 years, so it is not a surprise for them to make really good $$$.

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:51:08 +0000

Oh well, a goal’s a goal, even if it’s soccered through, AW.

By: AW

AW — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:38:33 +0000

Whilst this is great news for VW, I recently returned from China and literally all of their taxis are VW’s, so these figures may be slightly distorted. They do seem to be a popular car for the public though as well. But there are a lot more VW taxis, than VW private cars in China.