Foreign Passenger Car Plants in Poland

Jacobs, A. J.

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-40786-3_3

A. J. Jacobs²

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Abstract

This chapter traces the lineage of Poland’s three current and four former foreign car plants. This complicated saga demonstrates the initial chaos of the early Post-Socialist Period privatization process. Whereas the active plants FCA Tychy, VW Poznan, and GM’s Opel Gliwice all evolved within this context, Poland’s sometimes poor decisions on which automakers to depend upon, Daewoo of Korea, resulted in the failures of its state-run car plants in Warsaw and Lublin. The chapter concludes by summarizing Poland’s Post-Socialist production data over time and by briefly discussing Toyota’s powertrain facilities (engine and transmission) and Mercedes-Benz’s engine factory and rumored car plant in southern Poland. Due to the sheer number of plants to be covered, this chapter is easily the longest in the book.

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Notes

1.
Georgano (2000); Thompson (2011).
2.
Georgano (2000); Thompson (2011).
3.
Georgano (2000); Thompson (2011).
4.
PAIiIZ (2007); GM (2005, 2008b); Thompson (2011).
5.
PAIiIZ (2007); GM (2005, 2008b); Thompson (2011).
6.
GM (2005, 2008b); Wernle (2008); Thompson (2011); Honker (2016); Opel (2016a).
7.
Georgano (2000); Havas (2000); Thompson (2011); The ‘M’ in M-20 came from the plant in which the Pobeda was built: The Vyacheslav Molotov GAZ factory in Gorky.
8.
Georgano (2000); Havas (2000); Thompson (2011).
9.
AP (1966); Kamm (1966); New York Times (1966); Reuters (1966); Georgano (2000); Thompson (2011).
10.
Georgano (2000); Thompson (2011).
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New York Times (1969); Georgano (2000); Thompson (2011).
12.
Georgano (2000); Thompson (2011).
13.
Feron (1971a); Thompson (2011).
14.
Balect & Enrietti (1998); Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016).
15.
Feron (1971b); Balect & Enrietti (1998); Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016).
16.
Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016).
17.
Georgano (2000); Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016).
18.
Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016).
19.
Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016).
20.
Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016)
21.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016).
22.
New York Times (1987); WSJ (1987); Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016); FSO (2016).
23.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Japan Economic Journal (1987); Thompson (2011).
24.
Wolchik & Curry (2011).
25.
Financial Times (1990); Thompson (2011).
26.
Financial Times (1990); AP (1991); Thompson (2011).
27.
Cornelius (1990); Thompson (2011).
28.
Journal of Commerce (1990); Engelberg (1990).
29.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Thompson (2011).
30.
AP (1991).
31.
WJS (1991).
32.
Donovan (1991); Journal of Commerce (1991).
33.
Engleberg (1992); Pavlinek (2006).
34.
Journal of Commerce (1991); Protzman (1992).
35.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Protzman (1992).
36.
Perlez (1993).
37.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Bobinski (1992a); Done (1992b); Georgano (2000); Pavlinek (2006); Thompson (2011).
38.
Sigurdson & Palonka (1999); Georgano (2000); Thompson (2011); Jacobs (2016).
39.
Sigurdson & Palonka (1999); Lee (2001); Thompson (2011); Jacobs (2016).
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New York Times (1995); Sigurdson & Palonka (1999); Lee (2001); Thompson (2011).
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AP (1995); Bloomberg (1995a); Sigurdson & Palonka (1999); Lee (2001); Thompson (2011).
42.
Sigurdson & Palonka (1999); Thompson (2011).
43.
Sigurdson & Palonka (1999); Thompson (2011).
44.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Sigurdson & Palonka (1999); Thompson (2011); Jacobs (2016).
45.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Green (1999); Pavlinek (2006); Jacobs (2016).
46.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Jacobs (2016).
47.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Reed (2002); Pavlinek (2006); Thompson (2011); Jacobs (2016).
48.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Pavlinek (2006); Thompson (2011); Jacobs (2016).
49.
Pavlinek (2006); Thompson (2011).
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Ward’s (1958–2014); Cienski & Warner (2004); Domanski (2004); Thompson (2011).
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PMR (2007–2012); UkrAVTO (2016).
52.
Ward’s (1958–2014); PAIiIZ (2006, 2010–2013); PMR (2007–2012); Thompson (2011).
53.
Ward’s (1958–2014); SAMAR (2002–2013); PAIiIZ (2006, 2010–2013); PMR (2007–2012); GM (2008a); PZPM (2008–2016).
54.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Pavlinek (2006); PAIiIZ (2006, 2010–2013); PMR (2007–2012); PZPM (2008–2016); Thompson (2011).
55.
Also see UkrAVTO (2016); ZAZ (2016).
56.
Cornelius (1990); Reuters (1991); FCA Poland (2015, 2016).y
57.
Thompson (2011); FCA Poland (2016).
58.
AP (1992); WJS (1992a, 1992b).
59.
WJS (1992c).
60.
Camuffo & Volpato (2002); Volpato (2003, 2009); Pavlinek (2006).
61.
Camuffo & Volpato (2002); Volpato (2003, 2009); Pavlinek (2006).
62.
FCA Poland (2016).
63.
Simonian (1997); Wagstyl (1997); FCA Poland (2016).
64.
Bradshear & Sorkin (2000); Tagliabue (2000); Camuffo & Volpato (2002); Volpato (2003, 2009); Pavlinek (2006); FCA Poland (2016).
65.
Bloomberg (2002); Hakim (2005); WJS (2005); Ciferri (2010).
66.
Guardian (2005); FCA Poland (2016).
67.
PMR (2007–2012); Revill (2008).
68.
PMR (2007–2012); Thompson (2011).
69.
PMR (2007–2012).
70.
FCA Poland (2016).
71.
FCA Poland (2016); Ciszewska (2016).
72.
The rest of this section draws from FCA Poland (2016).
73.
This and the next three paragraphs based upon Thompson (2011); Auto Swiat.pl (2015).
74.
Ward’s (1958–2014); Bobinski (1992b); Done (1992a); Pavlinek (2002, 2006).
75.
UPI (1993); Pavlinek (2002, 2006); Auto Swiat.pl (2015).
76.
Brzezinski (1994); Pavlinek (2002, 2006); VW Poznan (2002–2016, 2003, 2016b).
77.
Simonian (1996); VW Poznan (2002–2016, 2003, 2016b); Pavlinek (2016).
78.
VW (2000–2016).
79.
VW (2000–2016); Thompson (2011).
80.
VW (2000–2016); VW Poznan (2002–2016, 2003, 2016b); PMR (2007–2012); PZPM (2008–2016); Domanski et al. (2013); Pavlinek (2016).
81.
VW (2000–2016); VW Poznan (2002–2016, 2003, 2016b); PZPM (2008–2016).
82.
VW (2000–2016); VW Poznan (2002–2016, 2003, 2016b).
83.
VW (2000–2016); VW Poznan (2002–2016, 2003, 2016b); Automotive News Europe (2014); Janas (2015); Jones (2015).
84.
VW Poznan (2016a); VW CV (2016).
85.
Cohen (1992); Bloomberg (1993).
86.
Cohen (1992); Kurylko (1995): Chicago Tribune (1995a).
87.
Chicago Tribune (1995b); Griffiths (1999); Howes (1999b).
88.
This and the next paragraph draw from Burt (2000); Karnitschnig & Turek (2000); Domanski (2004); Pavlinek (2006).
89.
This and the next three paragraphs was based upon Bloomberg (1995b); Reuters (1995); AP (1996); Kurylko (1996); Pavlinek (2006).
90.
Tagliabue (1998); GM Europe (2001–2009).
91.
Howes (1999a); GM Europe (2001–2009).
92.
Belson (2002); GM Europe (2001–2009).
93.
GM Europe (2001–2009).
94.
GM Europe (2001–2009), PAIiIZ (2006); PMR (2007–2012).
95.
Opel (2010–2016).
96.
Opel (2010–2016).
97.
PMR (2007–2012); PAIiIZ (2010–2013).
98.
Opel (2010–2016).
99.
GM (2013); Opel (2010–2016, 2014, 2016a, 2016b).
100.
GMMP (2016).
101.
The paragraphs on Mercedes draw upon Automotive News (2016a, 2016b); Gerden (2016).
102.
The paragraphs on Toyota draw upon PZPM (2008–2016); TMIP (2016); TMMP (2016).

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Jacobs, A.J. (2017). Foreign Passenger Car Plants in Poland. In: Automotive FDI in Emerging Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40786-3_3

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