VW is studying the feasibility of transferring Golf production from the factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, to a production unit abroad.
The news was reported this Wednesday by the German newspaper “Handelsblatt,” which cites sources from the German automaker and adds that one of the scenarios under consideration is the transfer to VW’s production unit in Mexico.
The Puebla factory in Mexico is the largest automobile production unit in that North American country and has served for nearly four decades for the production of the iconic “Beetle.”
“Handelsblatt” reports that VW declined to comment on the news, and a spokesperson for the workers’ council stated that they did not want to comment on speculations that were far from being decisive.
However, the publication specializing in economic matters adds that the next planning meeting at the VW Group will be crucial for the future of the Golf.
It is worth noting that the Golf is one of the most iconic models of VW, and since its launch, it has sold more than 37 million units. This means, in purely mathematical terms, that over 2000 people around the world have chosen to buy a new Golf every day for the past 50 years.
Throughout its eight generations, the Golf has always been produced at the Wolfsburg factory, where the history of the model began to be written on March 29, 1974, with the start of production of the first generation of the Golf.
