Production of the Volkswagen Golf – one of the world's best-selling passenger cars – will reportedly be put on hold indefinitely at the German automaker's largest factory in Wolfsburg next Wednesday (October 29), amid tussling between the US and China over microchips and rear earth materials.

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The pause in production could also spread to other Volkswagen models including the Tiguan mid-size SUV and the recently launched Tayron large SUV.

Australian supplies of all three models come from Wolfsburg. CarExpert has contacted Volkswagen Aus

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