New Polo MY2015 production starts at Volkswagen Navarra factory
It may have been unveiled only last week, but Volkswagen’s factory in Spain has already started the build of revised Polo 6Rs (6R2?). The new generation of Polo will co-exist with the outgoing model until late April when the pre-facelift car is phased out at the Navarra plant.
Incorporating many advanced driving technologies and driver assistance systems, the new Polo is the most advanced yet in the model’s 39-year history. The Navarra factory currently builds 1524 Polos daily.
Volkswagen Navarra is located in the industrial area of Landaben, within the municipality of Arazuri, on the western edge of Pamplona, Spain. It has been building Polos since 1984, and has assembled four generations of Volkswagen’s second best-selling car.
Eighty-nine per cent of the 6,514,573 Spanish-made Polos have been exported, making the plant the leading exporter of the model. Last year 289,589 Polos were manufactured, with 93.2 per cent of those exported to over 70 countries in five continents. Most of those exported cars end up in Germany, France and Italy.
Right-hand drive models are exported from Pamplona, in addition to South Africa. The Spanish factory has over 4900 staff, while Polo production alone has generated almost 4000 jobs in the Pamplona region.
Integrated into Volkswagen’s ‘Think Blue.’ factory programme, the Navarra facility is an example of how sustainability and respect for the environment begins with the manufacturing process. The Pamplona factory aims to reduce energy and water consumption, waste generation and C02 and other emissions.
Spanish marketing activities for the revised Polo will start in May 2014.
