April 2003

- by Trish Whelan

Brazil to build VW for Europe

16 April 2003: A new small Volkswagen to be sold throughout Europe in 2005 is to be built in Brazil.

Though no details of the car - projectcoded VW249 - are available, it was designed and developed in Brazil.

The Nova Anchieta plant in the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo on the outskirts of Sao Paulo beat rival factories in Portugal, Spain and Slovakia to produce the car, which may also be exported to Asia.

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