Volkswagen: New sedan and 7-passenger SUV planned for U.S.

During a briefing today at Volkswagen’s U.S. headquarters, North American CEO Stefan Jacoby said that the automaker hopes to reach a goal of selling 800,000 units in the United States by 2018. He said that Volkswagen will transform its money-losing U.S. arm into a pillar of its plans to top Toyota as the world’s largest and mort profitable automaker.

We’ve been hearing about a new sedan for quite some time now. The model will be built at VW’s new $1 billion plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Jacoby said that the new model will be slightly larger than the Passat but will cost less. Key competitors for the sedan include the Honda Accord, Chevrolet Malibu and the Toyota Camry.

Jacoby said that Volkswagen is also planning
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Janizary - 8/27/2009 12:07:57 PM

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Between yesterday's "Civic/Fit fighter" VW news and this today, all that seems to be missing is an update on the 2-seat roadster. Still hoping to see that come to fruition.

DaHarder - 8/27/2009 12:09:16 PM

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Every time I see this particular 'rendering', I can't help but wonder if this new 'larger' VW will be based on a revised Chrysler LX platform. A thought only reinforced by the existence of the Caravan/Town & Country/Routan triplets. We'll See Soon Enough...

Anthony - 8/27/2009 12:12:16 PM

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That looks like an Audi A5 with four doors, which is awesome.

fatandsassy - 8/27/2009 12:29:48 PM

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looks like a four door camaro

JUGNU - 8/27/2009 3:24:30 PM

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Your First sentence is what VW thinks.

Your Second Sentence is What Toyota thinks.

JUGNU

chewy - 8/27/2009 3:38:10 PM

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The new VW mid size sedan is going to be an important product for VW.

Denali - 8/30/2009 4:26:37 PM

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rebadge A4/A5 nice...