Volkswagen To Promote China-Made Automobiles In Europe Via Cupra

Volkswagen introduced that it will be importing automobiles made in China into Europe. In accordance with a report by Automotive Information Europe, the corporate cited restricted manufacturing capability in its house market, therefore the necessity to supply automobiles from the Folks’s Republic.

This is not the primary time {that a} European automaker will likely be importing vehicles from China. Tesla, BMW, and Renault are doing so with the Mannequin 3, iX3, and Spring, respectively. For Volkswagen, the mannequin to be exported from China could be the upcoming manufacturing model of the Cupra Tavascan.

“The Anhui manufacturing unit was the plant with the proper capability and know-how on the time of manufacturing planning,” VW stated in a press release. The automaker added that it has no additional plans to export different fashions from China.

Revealed as an electrical idea crossover in 2019, the Cupra Tavascan has been confirmed for manufacturing and is projected to go on sale in Europe in 2024. It is based mostly on the VW Group’s MEB platform, which additionally underpins VW’s ID sequence. SEAT’s sub-brand briefly unveiled the manufacturing model of the Tavascan earlier this 12 months by the Unstoppable Impulse occasion, together with the facelifted variations of the Formentor, Born, and Leon.

In the meantime, Cupra is already on the street and testing the Tavascan in manufacturing. Our spies caught the prototype disguised as a VW ID.4.

Similar to the idea, the Tavascan will arrive with a dual-motor setup that makes greater than 300 horsepower (220 kilowatts) in its strongest type. Different variations of this powertrain will likely be obtainable, although you’ll be able to anticipate the Tavascan to be the sportiest compact EV crossover providing in VW Group’s lineup.

VW will likely be producing the Cupra Tavascan one among its joint ventures’ factories in Anhui. It is the automaker’s third MED plant within the Folks’s Republic.