Volkswagen Lavida

The Volkswagen Lavida is a compact sedan sold under the Volkswagen name in China, first shown at Auto China 2008 in Beijing. It was the first mass-produced Volkswagen small family car to be designed mainly by Volkswagen's Chinese partner, and it built its reputation quickly: in 2010 it was the best-selling car in China, with 251,615 deliveries. The first generation used the PQ34 platform and offered 1.4-litre turbo, 1.6-litre and 2.0-litre petrol engines. A redesigned second generation arrived in 2012 with a more notchback shape, and a third generation on the MQB platform followed in 2018, including an all-electric e-Lavida with a 38.1-kWh battery. Hatchback and estate offshoots such as the Gran Lavida and Cross Lavida were built alongside it, and a fourth generation called the Lavida Pro was launched in November 2025.