Volkswagen will begin trials in July of the new box that will manufacture in Córdoba

Volkswagen's Cordoba industrial center is in the party. With the presence of the president and CEO of the automobile in Argentina, Thomas Zahn, and the highest authority of the company in Latin America, Pablo Di Si, as well as officials and authorities, the company is is delighted to have come to manufacture 14 million boxes of change.

In this context, the director of production, Hernán Pacheco, responsible for the badembly of the new plant, said that next month would begin the first tests of the MQ-281, the new unit to be produced in Córdoba with 100% destination. exporters, while in September, 200 boxes will be tested in vehicles, a situation that will recur in November with the "zero series", in the production scenario of 300 units.

Pacheco said that production for commercial purposes would begin in April 2020 and that it is estimated that in the first quarter of 2021, the plant will reach its peak production of 270,000 boxes, or 1,200 per day.

For this, the company will work with 400 workers divided into four six-hour teams.

The destinations

The MQ-281 cases will be exported to Portugal (they will equip the T-Roc model), Mexico (for two versions of Tiguan) and Poland (for the new Caddy).

The transmissions are six-speed and have a local integration greater than 40%.

Suppliers in Córdoba include Nemak, IMM Autoparts, Metalúrgica Mereshian, Vermanic, Teknix, Tarente, Metalúrgica Vottero and Rubol.

The 80% of the new plant will be automated and, as part of the process of adapting the new lines, a $ 150 million investment is underway.

Currently, Volkswagen produces 2,250 cartons per day MQ-200 (at full capacity) and 1,000 units per day of the MQ-250, in addition to the export of more than 3,000 kits of components for the factory that the German manufacturer operates in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia.