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Can’t beat them, join them - VW's US 
SUV plans

Volkswagen to build SUV-Crossover at US Chattanooga plant from 2016

Published :Thu, 17 July 2014 19:03:17 GMT
 

Chattanooga USA Volkswagen SUV-Crossover blue concept

Paving the way for the achievement of its ultimate US sales goal of some 800,000 cars in the crucial US market by 2018 has left Volkswagen no real alternative but to also build a trendy and yet keenly-priced SUV-Crossover at its currently underutalised US Chattanooga vehicle production facility. The plant currently builds the Passat, which is aimed principally at US consumer favourites such as Toyota’s dominating Camry and Honda’s Accord

Volkswagen Group this week has confirmed plans to add a second vehicle range to its only recently built US vehicle plant at Chattanooga. 

The company, which aims to nudge aside Toyota as the world’s biggest vehicle manufacturer by 2018 at the latest, said that its new Chattanooga, Tennessee plant will benefit from an investment of about US$600 million (€432 million) to bring a newly developed SUV-Crossover into production from 2016
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