VW picks Tennessee to build new Camry and Accord rival

Well I guess its good for VW to start building in the US but I was really hoping for it to be in NC. Congrats Tennessee.

hmm...if they start building all there cars in america I will seriously take a look at VW. I like their german made products but I have serious concerns with their mexican made cars.

I think this was one of the reasons VW looked in the US, more educated people to work in these factories.

atomicbri, Tennessee!?! J/K, LOL

But that was an ignorant statement atomicbri

Actually no it wasn't, VW even said themselves they needed a bit more qualified workers and engineers and the problems in the Puebla Mexico plant was the lack of educated and professionally trained people. Mexico had originally stated they would offer tech courses and such to the people, but never did.

As fo 0to60 I have many friends from TN and let me tell you, Vanderbilt is a great school as well as UTK with many great educational programs. My point was that here in the US, TN had agreed with VW to start specialized courses in teaching production courses, manufacturing courses, etc. The Mexican govt never went through with these original plans (I have an insider friend at VW and he told me this was an issue with some of the quality issues in Mexico...lack of trained workers and they were having to train them on the job,,, not such a good idea, but they had no choice to since they had already spent $100Ms into the plant there)

VW, I give you permission to crush and destroy Toyota and Honda.

:-/

I wish VW all the best in their efforts. It's pretty sad, though, when someone wants only negative things to happen to people. Kind of reveals the headspace they're in.

They're going to need more than your permission.

Well the Passat already has a myriad of features that add to the price and complexity that the buyer doesn't see.

"Hopefully high-speed stability isn't sacrificed."

Hopefully not like first generation Audi TT with their severe high-speed stability problems that caused fatal high-speed crashes .

Right , and not as bad as those east germany cars also ( trabant , wartburg ) . But not big progress , trabant and wartburg were safer at their top speeds - though their top speed was lower due to not sacrifice safety .

atomicbri,
thank god vw didn't pick people like you to build their cars

Elaborate.... if you would please.... ; )

Hey SuperGT,

Stop using an English translator. Its not working very well. You sound like an idiot.

It seems the U.S. car buying public would just not buy a Passat in the $27K range in the numbers needed for VW. They drive very well but their reliability couldn't match Accord and Camry (as well as the Malibu or Fusion) coupled with the high cost was a losing proposition for VW.
I'm looking forward to the new Passat and think they made a wise decision about building them in Tennessee - a low cost, quality worker area.

I think price was more important than any reliability concerns. In that market price point and payment are the key factors.

anyone expecting to compete against camry and accord HAS TO GIVE reliability high consideration.

both those cars remain more trouble free at 8 years of age, than ANY rivals only 1/2 as old. and vw has always been LESS reliable than average to begin with.

vw can compete against the malibu and the koreans. they'll never get camcord owners to switch. ever.

What would make a VW-TN vehicle more appealing than a traditional German-made VW?

VW seems to think this will be a magic pill to the VW brand. Yes, it will probably help from a cost perspective, but will it really help VW increase its market share? Not sure.

Building cars in the US will allow VW to avoid the price increases that result from the out of whack exchange rate between the dollar and the Euro. The upshot of this is that the product will be just as well engineered and built, but will be more competitive on price.

smart move. I hope they stop giving us the mexican ones really soon...