en.Wedoany.com Reported - FAW-Volkswagen and FAW Toyota, joint venture brands under China FAW Group, recently announced their latest developments, achieving steady sales growth in 2025 and advancing multiple collaborations, demonstrating the operational resilience of joint ventures amid industrial transformation.
FAW-Volkswagen will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2026. The joint venture between China FAW Group and Volkswagen Group became the first passenger car manufacturer in China to reach 30 million vehicles produced offline in October 2025. In the full year of 2025, FAW-Volkswagen's vehicle sales exceeded 1.587 million units, achieving a market share increase against the trend amid deep industry adjustments. In terms of open cooperation, China FAW Group and Volkswagen Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Germany in March 2025, defining new vehicle plans for FAW-Volkswagen; in August, they signed the "Jetta Business Development Cooperation Agreement" in Chengdu; in November, at the 8th China International Import Expo, they signed a memorandum of cooperation on imported vehicles and parts, specifying plans to import certain parts and Audi vehicles in 2026. In cross-sector collaboration, FAW-Volkswagen reached a strategic partnership with CATARC and participated in the "Mount Everest" plan, joining forces with Huawei Cloud to build China's first "cloud-based" distributed automotive factory. In 2025, FAW-Volkswagen's first batch of export vehicles rolled off the production line and were shipped to the Middle East, achieving a breakthrough from zero to one in overseas business. In 2026, FAW-Volkswagen will launch multiple new models, including the ID. AURA T6, the Volkswagen brand's first global all-electric model equipped with lidar, the new Sagitar S, the new Lanxun, the Tayron L PHEV, the Magotan PHEV, the Audi A6L e-tron, and the Q6L e-tron family. The Jetta brand officially unveiled a new brand logo and visual identity system, entering a phase of simultaneous development of gasoline and electric vehicles.
After 23 years of development, FAW Toyota now offers multiple drive routes including gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and all-electric, with products covering sedans, SUVs, MPVs, and crossovers. Full-year sales in 2025 exceeded 806,000 units, achieving positive growth for three consecutive years. At the 2025 CIIE, China FAW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation signed a memorandum of cooperation on imported parts, specifying that in 2026, FAW Toyota will purchase imported KD parts for vehicle production from Toyota Motor (China). Leveraging the RCE (Regional-Chief Engineer) system, FAW Toyota has transitioned from "Toyota standards, global R&D" to "Toyota standards, China R&D," responding to Chinese user needs through the delegation of management and decision-making authority, localization of the R&D system, and localization of the supply chain. At the 2026 Beijing Auto Show, FAW Toyota showcased models including the Prado, new RAV4, Avalon, Granvia, Corolla, Corolla Cross, and all-electric models bZ5 and bZ3. In terms of data, sales of high-end models on the TNGA-K platform reached 487,000 units in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 12%, accounting for 61% of total sales; sales of intelligent hybrid dual-engine models reached 380,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 14%. In the 2025 China Automotive Customer Satisfaction Index (CACSI), models such as the RAV4, Crown Kluger, and Granvia ranked first in their respective market segments for satisfaction, with after-sales service and sales service simultaneously topping the joint venture brand rankings. FAW Toyota was selected for the "2025 China Automotive Industry Sustainable Development Practice Cases" and received the authoritative honor of "Craftsmanship Premium Product," while its Chengdu base was recognized as a local "Near-Zero Carbon Emissions Demonstration Unit."
