asaka is the city where the vw plant is in sa.
asaka is the city where the vw plant is in sa.
what city is the vw plant in sa?
asaka
when volkswagen released the mk1 golf in 1974, the car was an overnight success. it was easy and economical to drive with exceptionally good handling compared to other small hatchbacks of the time. it was also easy and inexpensive to maintain. volkswagen south africa started assembly of the golf mk.1 in 1978. when the golf mk.2 was launched in 1984, vw south africa found themselves falling short of a demand for a small, affordable entry level car, as the golf mk.2 was bigger and somewhat more expensive than its predecessor. the best viable option for vw south africa, was to continue producing some variant of the mk.1 to fill the gap in the market, as they already had all the tooling in place at the vw assembly plant in uitenhage, eastern cape. additional tooling was imported from the vw assembly plant in westmoreland, pennsylvania, in 1988, when production of the mk.1 ceased there. vw south africa decided to use only the 5-door body shell as a platform for the citi golf, as the tooling for the 3-door body style would take up floor space that could rather be utilised for the production of the golf mk.2.
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another plant owned directly by seat from 1975 was the landaben plant in pamplona, but in december 1993 its ownership was transferred to the volkswagen group subsidiary "volkswagen-audi-espana, s.a.", and the site today is producing volkswagen cars in spain. however, seat's martorell site still provides support to volkswagen's operations in the pamplona plant when necessary, as it did after a serious fire in the paint shop in the landaben vw plant in april 2007.
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