Sledeći VW Polo samo sa 5 vrata.
VW will probably drop 3-door Polo to cut cost, sources say
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BERLIN (Reuters) -- Volkswagen will probably stop making three-door versions of the Polo hatchback, as Europe's largest carmaker accelerates cost cutting at its core division, company sources said.
The VW brand will launch an overhauled Polo in 2017 and may discontinue the subcompact variant as demand for three-door hatchbacks is falling, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, adding that the next-generation Polo would only come with five doors.
The Polo, which VW has been building for four decades, was Europe's No. 4-selling vehicle last year, only trailing the VW Golf, Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio, according to data from JATO Dynamics.
Wolfsburg-based VW is shrinking the number of parts and dropping unprofitable models such as the Eos hardtop convertible as it aims to boost cost savings at the VW brand, its biggest division by sales and deliveries, to 5 billion euros ($5.5 billion) a year by 2017.
To help profits, VW is also increasingly relying on the gradual adoption of its MQB modular platform for building a wide range of cars. The Polo, which received its mid-term facelift in 2014, is not yet based on MQB.
"We are on track with our efficiency program," VW CEO Martin Winterkorn said this week at the Geneva auto show.
A VW spokesman said "there are no decisions yet" on future lineups of the Polo and Beetle models.
Germany's Spiegel magazine reported plans to cease three-door Polos earlier on Friday, saying this would save VW 200 million euros.
The Beetle, last overhauled in 2011, could also be discontinued, Spiegel said, without citing the source of the information.
VW works council chief Bern Osterloh in January called on management to tackle the costly proliferation of models and parts at the VW brand, saying there was potential to cut costs by "substantially more" than the planned 5 billion euros.
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Još uvek nije poznato koji će se još model proizvoditi u Kragujevcu, ali se zna koji neće.
Fiat will export new compacts to EU from Turkey, Marchionne says
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GENEVA -- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will begin sales of a new hatchback and station wagon in Europe's key compact segment next year, CEO Sergio Marchionne said.
The Turkey-built cars will be sold in Western Europe, Marchionne said. Previous reports said the cars would be sold only in Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey.
"We will start exports from Turkey next year. They will be sold across the EU," Marchionne said at the Geneva auto show this week, adding that a compact sedan could be added later.
The new models will plug a big hole in Fiat's European product lineup. The compact car segment, led by the Volkswagen Golf, is Europe's second biggest by sales after subcompacts.
Fiat's aging Bravo accounted for fewer than 4,000 of the 2,385,803 compacts sold in Europe last year, according to data from JATO Dynamics. In January, Fiat sold just 93 units of the Bravo, which is being phased out.
Fiat has not sold a wagon in Europe since the Stilo Multiwagon was discontinued in 2008. Fiat sells the Linea, a compact sedan built in Turkey, in Eastern Europe. The Linea will be replaced by the new Turkey-built sedan, but it will only be added to Fiat’s lineup in Europe if there is enough demand, Marchionne said. There currently is little demand for compact sedans in Europe
The new compact range will be based on Fiat's small wide platform that also underpins cars such as the Fiat 500L and 500X, as well as the Jeep Renegade.
Last November, Fiat's Turkish joint venture, Tofas, said it will build a combined 700,000 units of the new compact range over the life cycle of the vehicles until 2023, mainly for export.