The unfortunate event, which took place in Jiuquan (Gansu province) also claimed the lives of the company’s pubic relations director, Zeng Jialin, one of the joint business’ aftersales manager and the car’s driver.
According to the company, a Volkswagen dealers meeting was scheduled to take place in Jiuquan and the four men were on their way to the event (also performing a test drive, as we’ve said) when the crash took place.
Various media reports indicate the the four people were traveling in a VW Tiguan compact SUV that entered a head-on collision with a heavy truck. The local police was assisted in its investigation by a special team sent by the joint venture between VW and SAIC Motors.
Shanghai Volkswagen issued a release in which it stated that its operations are running according to schedule.
Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker (who also runs a Chinese JV with the FAW Group) and SAIC Motors, the biggest automotive producer in the country, each have a 50 percent stake in the business.
Back in April, the German company announced that it plans to expand its business in China (the world’s biggest automotive market). VW revealed that it would inject additional funds of EUR1.6 billion ($2 billion) in its Chinese operations, bringing its total investment in the country to a total of EUR6 billion ($7.78 million).
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