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Volkswagen Group South Africa, Kariega

The Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) plant is located in Kariega, an industrial town around 750 km east of Cape Town and 1 000 km south of Johannesburg. With just over 3 500 employees, VWSA is the largest private employer in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro where it is located.

The plant, which has been building Volkswagens since 1951, stretches over 518 378m² and produces 710 vehicles per day. Apart from manufacturing engines, the Kariega plant currently builds the Polo Vivo and Polo, and is the sole manufacturer of the Polo GTI.

Facts and figures

As of: July 2023

Plant:

Kariega                                                                         
Aerea: 518.378 m² (12/2022)

Production:

133.248 vehicles and 26.510  EA111 engines (12/2022)
710 units per day

Models:

Volkswagen Polo, Polo GTI and Polo Vivo; EA111 Engines

Employees:

3.580 (12/2022)

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Andile Dlamini
Volkswagen Group South Africa, Head of Group Communications
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