Chattanooga Approves 130,000 Square Foot Expansion Of VW Assembly Plant

Volkswagen AG won approval from a Chattanooga government panel to add another 130,000 square feet to its $900 million factory expansion there, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.

The body shop expansion will add 25 percent more square footage and $18 million to the project’s cost, the Times Free Press reported.

In a bid to more than double U.S. sales to 800,000 vehicles by 2018, VW announced last summer that would expand the Chattanooga plant, which builds the Passat, and build a new crossover based on the CrossBlue concept. The investment is expected to add 2,000 jobs. Production is expected to begin in late 2016.

MDarringer - 4/8/2015 11:35:59 PM

-2 Boost

How will expanding the plant improve sales if VWs are still overpriced and of garbage quality/reliability?

mini22 - 4/9/2015 3:23:54 PM

+1 Boost

Darringer, didn't you know? That is their new quality control center!