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On June 23th,POLO Jinqing and POLO Jinqu, two heavily anticipated new cars from SVW, were officially launched . The new POLO hatchback, POLO Jinqing, comes in six versions with two different vehicle packages, one more trendy the other more classic .

On April 13th,following the successful launch of the PASSAT LINGYU 1.8T and 2.8 V6, SVW recently bowled over the 2.0L market with the new LINGYU 2.0 MFI (Multiple Fuel Injection), which was officially launched .

ON June 25, 2005,the annual SVW After-sale Service Gathering was held in Xitang, a famous tourist center in Zhenjiang province. The top 30 model service representatives of SVW took part in the event.

RECENTLY, Shanghai Volkswagen was selected as "the Best JV Car Brand" in the 2004 Chinese Auto Market Evaluation, Shanghai.

STATISTICS showed that Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co. Ltd., sold 13,000 units of the Santana 3000 Conqueror last month, a monthly sales record for a new car in China's market. 

THE 100 millionth Volkswagen, a 1.91 TDI Touran in metallic reflex silver paint, came off the assembly line in Wolfsburg on May 24, to the cheers of factory workers and managers.

On April 8th, the SVW compact POLO car (POLO 1.4) was launched in the market.
On April 12th, the joint venture contract for Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Company Ltd. was extended for 20 years. President Jiang Zeming attended the signing ceremony in person.

On June 5th, the launch ceremony of SVW Santana 2000 “Pride of the Times” was held in Beijing.

In June, SVW topped the list of “most admired foreign invested enterprises in China” granted by Fortune magazine (Chinese edition) for the third time.

On June 28th, the 2 millionth car of SVW was produced.
On September 12th, POLO 1.6L was launched in the market.
On December 31st, the annual output of SVW exceeded 280,000 for the first time, and the annual sales topped RMB300,000 yuan for the first time, being a record-breaking figure in China's auto industry.

On February 8th, 2003, the SVW Santana of 2003 was launched in the market.
On February 28th, 2003, SVW GOL was launched in the market.
In March 2003, SVW POLO was granted the honor title of “the favorite sedan by Shanghai citizens”.

On April 14th, 2003, SVW PASSAT (Skylight) was launched in the market.
On April 19th, 2003, SVW POLO was award the honor title of “Car of 2003” by Auto Magazine.

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