VW Opens First Russian Car Plant

December 3, 2007 – 8:30 am by Dan Volkens
Filed under Industry News

The plant near the city of Kaluga, 200km (125 miles) south west of Moscow, will assemble 66,000 VW Passat and Skoda Octavia models next year. Built for 1bn euros ($1.5bn; £713m), VW aims to raise production to 150,000 cars by 2009, and employ 5,000 people. Via news.bbc.co.uk

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VW Opens First Russian Car Plant
December 3, 2007 – 8:30 am by Dan Volkens

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