Plant Kariega builds the 500 000th current Polo for export
Polo recognised by top South African and German motoring magazines
Kariega – Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) has reached another major milestone with the production of the 500 000th unit of the current Polo for the export market. The milestone vehicle was a Crystal Ice Blue, right-hand-drive Polo destined for the United Kingdom, which is one of VWGA’s main export markets.
The current Polo has been in production at Plant Kariega since 2021. On average it takes three days and 1 985 sets of hands to build one Polo, with around 1 400 individual parts coming together to create this popular Volkswagen model. Over the past 30 years, four generations of the Polo have been produced in Kariega, showing the plant’s long-standing stature of building this iconic model.
In 2024, Plant Kariega became the sole global exporter of the Polo to 38 international markets. Earlier this year, the Polo was voted “Best Small…
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