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The
German carmaker confirmed a report in mass-circulation daily
Bild newspaper on Saturday that its Wolfsburg plant would halt
Golf production from Oct. 4-7 and from Dec. 19-22.
VW said the stoppages were part of regular production
adjustments planned for the following quarter and were due to
output being higher than expected thanks to workers keeping up
production during the summer shutdown in July.
VW denied an element of Bild's report, which said that the
company expects to produce 15,000 fewer Golfs this year than was
planned at the beginning of the year. Bild had cited sources
close to the company for its story, published on Saturday.
VW is not producing less than planned, a spokesman said.
However, the car maker is facing production stoppages because of
a separate dispute with suppliers.
(Reporting by Jonathan Gould and Andreas Cremer, editing by
David Evans)
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