2011 Vw Golf R
Although rising sales might be a good news for car manufacturers, it appears that it beginning to be a problem them. The first victim is Volkswagen, who announced that it will halt production at its main factory in Wolfsburg on Monday due to a shortage of engines and other parts. Same problem is seen at other German manufacturers such as Bmw, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz. The main problem is that auto suppliers didn’t actually got out of the recession.
“Electronics are particularly tight. It's a real problem and it's growing.” said Lars Holmqvist, CEO of European auto suppliers association Clepa. And it appears that the demand will continue to grow as Volkswagen aims to increase deliveries in 2011 with 5 percent after it posted record sales of 7.14 million vehicles in 2010.
Moreover, Bmw and Daimler are also boosting 2011 capacity in order to meet the demand. “The supply situation is no doubt extremely strained at the moment,” Porsche spokesman Dirk Erat said. “It's very important that nothing goes wrong; the chain of logistics must be kept running.”
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