Audi China Output to Swell to 700,000 Cars on New Foshan Plant
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Audi, Volkswagen AG’s luxury-car unit, will increase capacity in China to as many as 700,000 vehicles a year, backed by a second assembly plant.
A new factory in Foshan, in the southern province of Guangdong, will have a capacity to build about 150,000 to 200,000 cars from 2013, adding to output of a plant in Changchun which will be raised to as many as 550,000 cars, Audi said today in a statement. The Foshan plant is being built by VW and its Chinese partner FAW Volkswagen Automotive Co.