Plant Kariega builds one millionth current generation Polo
Kariega – Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) has reached another major production milestone with the production of one millionth current generation Polo at its Kariega Plant.
The milestone vehicle is a smoky grey, right-hand-drive Polo GTI destined for the South African market.
VWGA’s Plant Kariega started manufacturing the current generation Polo in 2017.
About 86% of these vehicles were exported to international markets such as Germany, UK, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, whilst 14% of these Polos were for the local market.
The current generation Polo accounts for nearly 21% of the 4 803 424 vehicles built at the Kariega plant over the past 75 years.
Meanwhile, the current generation Polo accounts for 48% of all Polo models ever manufactured at Plant Kariega, signifying the importance of the model to VWGA.
VWGA has been manufacturing the Polo since 1996 and has produced four generations of the model….
