Yes, 100% of our cars are tested.

We are no longer producing the Ford Galaxy since Feb. 2006.

No, the car design is developed in Germany at Volkswagen AG.

VW Autoeuropa, together with Siemens, Bosch and the Portuguese-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry are the promoters of ATEC - Training Academy, which is working in the Industrial Park near Autoeuropa.
Autoeuropa aims to train and perfection the competences of the collaborators of its promoters, young people and its clients from several companies in professions with high demand in the job market.
Therefore, ATEC aims to prepare its trainees for the job market using a very practical component based on a continuous learning process, having in mind the permanent adaptation necessity to the companies demand.
ATEC intervenes essentially in the following fields: Automobile; Machining; Mechatronics; Welding; Driving of Industrial Vehicles; Automation; House Automation; Electronics and Electrotecnics (see link to ATEC in the site).

No, VW Autoeuropa is a production unit. For Portugal, the MPV VW Sharan and the cabrio VW Eos are marketed by Siva (VW importer) and the MPV Seat Alhambra by Seat Portugal (links available in the site).

1,5 % of our cars were produced for the Portuguese market in 2007.

In 2006 we produced an average of 140 MPVs and 265 VW Eos per day.

Since VW Autoeuropa is a very big company and under constant development, new ideas and projects come up almost every day, whereby we accept interns whenever an area or department in the factory requests them, or when a candidate proposes a project that is in line with VW Autoeuropa's needs. The only compulsory condition is the existence of a clearly defined project in terms of tasks and timings, as well as a close follow-up by one of VW Autoeuropa's supervisors.

In December 2007 VW Autoeuropa had 2990 employees.

VW Autoeuropa has approximately 670 suppliers. 430 of them are production suppliers.

The inauguration of the factory was on 26th of April 1995.

The different areas of VW Autoeuropa work according to the following working times:
Central shift: 07:00 h - 15:30 h or 08:00 h - 16:30 h
Rotating shift: 07:00 h - 15:30 h or 15:30 h - 24:00 h
(Production areas - Press Shop, Body Shop, Paint Shop, Final Assembly)
Night shift: 00:00 h - 08:24 h (Monday); 23:30 h - 07:54 h (Tuesday to Friday)
(Press Shop, Maintenance areas)

Multi Purpose Vehicle

The "Just in Time" concept aims at reducing material stocks in the factory (and respective costs). The material is requested from the suppliers in the Industrial Park (e.g.: Wheels, Palmetal) who use highly sophisticated Production Control Computer Systems that allow the material to be collected from the supplier and sent directly to the Production Line at the point of assembly.

The volume of sales in 2007 amounted to 1.617 Million EUR.

1.970 Million EUR, of which:
1.282 Million EUR for the factory
479 Million EUR for the development of the product
209 Million EUR for training and launch

The engines are produced in different places:
2.0 / 2.8 - VW Salzgitter (Germany)
1.8 T - Audi Gyor (Hungary)
1.9 TDI - VW Polkowice (Poland)

VW Autoeuropa is located in:
Quinta da Marqueza
2951-510 Quinta do Anjo