On 20 12 10, Shanghai Volkswagen announced that the old Santana 87 was discontinued and advertised "Goodbye Santana", announcing to the world that the old Santana 87 would become a classic thing of the past.
The new Santana will start a new journey from Wolfsburg, Germany to Beijing with a new attitude. On the evening of 201216, the brand-new Santana of Shanghai Volkswagen held a listing conference in Beijing National Gymnasium.
On the evening of 201216, the brand-new Santana of Shanghai Volkswagen will hold a listing conference in Beijing National Gymnasium. The brand-new Santana adopts the brand-new PQ25+ platform. With the new car, 1.4L and 1.6L engines are launched, and there are 8 models with different configurations, including 5-speed manual and 6-speed automatic. The price range is: 8.49-123,800 yuan.
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Passat, a new generation of high-end sedan of SAIC Volkswagen, went on the market. Recalling the moment when Santana, the first joint venture car in China, rolled off the assembly line 35 years ago, Xu Zhirong, the 57-year-old deputy secretary of the General Party Branch of the assembly workshop of SAIC Volkswagen Anting No.2 Automobile Factory, still could not hide his inner excitement.
At the end of 1982, I was selected to join Santana CKD team and began to learn assembly technology from German' teachers'. Xu Zhirong recalled that his job was to install shutters, door locks, shock absorbers, headlights and taillights, and many processes, technologies and standards were unprecedented.
"Since then, German Volkswagen has been meticulous about assembly technology and quality, and has gradually integrated into the corporate culture of SAIC Volkswagen."
In April 1983, 1 1, Santana, the first joint venture car in China, rolled off the assembly line, but the problem has just begun.
Without modern assembly line, the technology, standard and system of modern automobile industry are blank.
The first batch of 100 Santana car parts were imported from Germany without the basis of localization of parts.
If you fall behind, you must study. By learning from German, China's assembly technology, process, technology and quality have been improved rapidly, but the localization of parts is difficult. After two years of joint venture, Santana's localization rate reached 2.7%. Except for the "four big pieces" of tires, radios, antennas and signs, the rest have to be imported.
"It was not until 1987 that Shanghai began to establish a community with the whole vehicle as the leader and the interests of parts enterprises as the link, and the localization problem gradually broke through." Wang Rongjun, then general manager of SAIC Volkswagen, recalled that the localization rate of 1996 Santana finally reached over 90%.
With the rise of spare parts industry, China automobile industry has stepped onto the fast lane of leap-forward development. Since 2009, it has become the world's largest automobile country for nine consecutive years.
Today, SAIC Volkswagen has grown into an automobile enterprise with two major brands, eight major automakers and an annual production and sales of over 2 million vehicles. On July 8th this year, the190,000 car of SAIC Volkswagen rolled off the assembly line, of which Santana brand contributed nearly 5.6 million cars.
SAIC Volkswagen also has the independent development capabilities of internal and external modeling, early development, body development, engine, chassis, electronic and electrical integration development, and vehicle trial production, and has been integrated into the global development system of Audi AG.
People's Network-Santana witnessed the great-leap-forward development of China's automobile industry.