Car manufacturer outlines 2010 export plans

Volkswagen South Africa has extended its Polo export business to include LHD deliveries to Europe. “We now anticipate exporting approximately 71 500 New Polos to key RHD markets around the world as well as LHD units to Europe,” said MD David Powels. The company started exporting the all New Polo to Right Hand Drive countries globally in 2009. By year end, 19 000 New Polos had been exported to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Cyprus and Malta. At the same time, it announced a 2010 export plan for the New Polo of 55 000 units to these key RHD markets. “This is a huge vote of confidence on the part of the Volkswagen Group on our manufacturing capability in our Uitenhage Plant,” says Powels.