Volkswagen Malaysia To Locally Assemble Three Models By First Quarter 2011

Volkswagen Malaysia will be locally assembling three Volkswagen models by the end of the first quarter in 2011, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DRB-Hicom Bhd at the Volkswagen Centre in Singapore. In addition to the production of CKD (completely knocked down) units, the agreement also covers the strengthening of Volkswagen's local presence through various sales activities.

The local assembly is expected to take place in DRB-Hicom's Pekan plant, one of the company's eight assembly plants already building cars for Mercedes-Benz, Honda and Suzuki among others. Moreover, Volkswagen was said to be interested in using Malaysia as an export base for the ASEAN region, although more details have yet to be made known on that front.

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Volkswagen Authorised Distributor

Company	Phone
Volkswagen Group Malaysia Sdn Bhd	1800 88 8947
Address	Website
Wisma Volkswagen, No. 7, Lorong Maarof, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	www.volkswagen.com.my