Volkswagen said on Wednesday it would build its ‘New Small Family’ car line in Slovakia, making a EUR308m investment in the Bratislava plant.
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The first vehicles will be built at the start of 2011 and be sold worldwide. Three- and five-door models will be sold under the Volkswagen, Seat and Skoda brands.
The decision protects about 1,500 jobs at the Bratislava plant.
The first design study for these economical city cars made its world debut at the Frankfurt motor show in 2007. The second version followed only a few weeks later at the 2007 Tokyo show.
Chairman Martin Winterkorn said: “Our team at Volkswagen in Slovakia is ideally prepared to provide the flexibility required for the production of the New Small Family. Four brands are already produced successfully under one roof at our plant in Bratislava today.”
