Wednesday, November 24, 2010

VW to invest 51.6 bil euros in next five years – the aim is to be the No1 automaker in the world by 2018

Volkswagen is design to invest around 51.6 a billion euros in its automotive division over the next five years. More than half of this investment will be in Germany with underived spending to be on property plants and equipment it said in a statement.

It’s no secret that the VW is aiming at surpassing Toyota as the peak carmaker globally by 2018 and as such the Strategy 2018 programme it has set out will see the company investing around 27.7 billion euros to modernise and cover the product range of all its brands these being VW Audi Skoda Seat Bentley Porsche and Lamborghini.

The focus will of course be on new vehicles derivatives and replacing models in all product classes and the aim is to achieve a systematic model rollout with a view to tapping new markets and segments. This will be supplemented with the launching of new  generations of engines with enhanced performance fuel consumption and emission levels. In particular it will drive onward the development of hybrid and electric motors.

Additionally a thirteen.6 billion euro has been set aside for cross-product investments over the next five days. The company’s new assembly plant in the US – in Chattanooga Tennessee – will begin operating in 2011 and production capacity in Russia is also being increased. It has also announced plans to open  two more plants in China

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