Volkswagen and Doğuş assess passenger-car production in Turkey
The letter opens talks on possible local production, but no models, investment size or production site have been announced.
Key takeaways
- Doğuş Otomotiv signed a letter of intent with Volkswagen Group companies to assess production options in Turkey.
- The companies have not disclosed a production site, investment amount or models.
- Passat Sedan and Jetta have been raised as possibilities, but no models have been confirmed.
Doğuş Otomotiv has signed a letter of intent with Volkswagen Group companies to assess producing Volkswagen passenger cars in Turkey. The company disclosed the agreement on October 30, but no investment amount, production site or models have been announced.
The letter does not confirm that production will begin. Doğuş said the potential cooperation aims to offer products suited to new technologies and contribute to Turkey’s automotive industry.
Passat Sedan and Jetta have emerged as possible candidates after Doğuş Otomotiv Chairman Ali Bilaloğlu said in July that interest in both models continued. Volkswagen has not confirmed either model for production in Turkey.
The discussions differ from Volkswagen’s 2019 plan for a factory in Manisa. That project envisaged producing Passat and Skoda Superb cars, but Volkswagen canceled it in 2020.
The new talks come as Volkswagen prepares to take cars and technologies developed in China to other markets, according to Habertürk. Whether a Turkish production operation would be part of that strategy remains unclear.
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