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Volkswagen do Brasil, São José dos Pinhais plant (Curitiba)

Volkswagen do Brasil has three vehicle plants and one engine plant. The three facilities for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles are complete production units.

Anchieta plant. The Anchieta plant in São Bernardo do Campo – about 20 km from São Paulo – was the first Volkswagen plant in Brazil and the first Volkswagen plant outside Germany. The plant was established in 1957 and the headquarters and development department of Volkswagen do Brasil are also located here. The plant was officially inaugurated in 1959. Since its inauguration, the plant has produced more than 13.8 million vehicles.  The production site in Anchieta covers an area of 1,000,000 m². A total of 8,680 employees produce the New Polo, Virtus, Saveiro and Saveiro Cross.

Taubaté plant. The plant in Taubaté, founded in 1976, is located on a site with an area of 393,000 m² about 150 km from São Paulo. A total of 3,258 employees produce the up!, cross up!, Gol and Voyage at the plant.

São Carlos plant. The engine plant in São Carlos – which started operations in October 1996 – has an area of 95,000 m²  and is located some 240 km from São Paulo. A total of 984 employees produce the entire range of petrol and flex-fuel engines of EA111 1.6l and EA211 1.0l MPI, 1.0l TSI, 1.4l TSI e 1.6l MSI.

Curitiba plant. The fourth and most recently built plant of Volkswagen do Brasil (founded in January 1999) is located in the state of Paraná – more precisely in São José dos Pinhais, about 420 km from São Paulo. At this plant, which has an area of 333,000m², a total of 2,549 Volkswagen employees produce the T-Cross, Fox, Golf, Audi A3 Sedan and Q3 SUV.

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The specified fuel consumption and emission data have been determined according to the measurement procedures prescribed by law. Since 1st September 2017, certain new vehicles are already being type-approved according to the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), a more realistic test procedure for measuring fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Starting on September 1st 2018, the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) will be replaced by the WLTP in stages. Owing to the more realistic test conditions, the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions measured according to the WLTP will, in many cases, be higher than those measured according to the NEDC. For further information on the differences between the WLTP and NEDC, please visit www.volkswagen.de/wltp.

We are currently still required by law to state the NEDC figures. In the case of new vehicles which have been type-approved according to the WLTP, the NEDC figures are derived from the WLTP data. It is possible to specify the WLTP figures voluntarily in addition until such time as this is required by law. In cases where the NEDC figures are specified as value ranges, these do not refer to a particular individual vehicle and do not constitute part of the sales offering. They are intended exclusively as a means of comparison between different vehicle types. Additional equipment and accessories (e.g. add-on parts, different tyre formats, etc.) may change the relevant vehicle parameters, such as weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics, and, in conjunction with weather and traffic conditions and individual driving style, may affect fuel consumption, electrical power consumption, CO2 emissions and the performance figures for the vehicle.

Further information on official fuel consumption figures and the official specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars can be found in the “Guide on the fuel economy, CO2 emissions and power consumption of new passenger car models”, which is available free of charge at all sales dealerships and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, D-73760 Ostfildern, Germany and at www.dat.de.