It is screwed and polished in brand new VW plant in Chattanooga. After l?ngerer VW abstinence in the production in the United States, the new US Passat is now built in Tennesse. VW sees the work as an important step on the way to the worldwide number 1 in car production.
(dpa/sb) Only celebrity dinner in the metropolis of New York, then Er?ffnung of the new plant in the S?dstaaten city of Chattanooga. VW CEO Martin Winterkorn shows flag in the United States, one of the most important and at the h?rtesten umk?mpften Autom?rkten of the world. The country occupies a Schl?sselstellung with the aim to rise until 2018 to the weltgr??ten car manufacturer. "America, especially the United States, are an important market f?r us", said Winterkorn at the brand new factory. Volkswagen is now endg?ltig arrived as a local manufacturer in the United States. At the end of 2000 employees should f?r that developed trade winds produce United States j?hrlich 150,000 specifically. 1988, VW had made the last US vehicles in his time in Pennsylvania. It was Golf, that there were in 1978 by the band. First, the successor to the K?fer sold well, but at the end to high production costs and falling Verk?ufe made with the avant-garde Japanese competition do the work. A gro?er part of which f?r is the US market VW models since then from the factory in the Mexican Puebla. L?uft the production at the new plant in Chattanooga for a few weeks already, the sale of mid-size sedan starts in the fall of 2011, if the H?ndler vorr?tig have gen?gend car. "The location of Emden must to worry", said Winterkorn. There is the German Passat production. The US model involves another car. It is gr??er as German trade winds. With the mid-size sedan to the Kampfpreis of $20,000 plus taxes, the VW Group will significantly boost its Verk?ufe in the VereinigtenStaaten and double its market share by 2018 to six percent. Besides the mass brand of VW currently she w?chst strong premium brand Audi. Zus?tzlich to the Arbeitspl?tzen own calculated VW by the suppliers, who have settled in the region, with another 10,000 jobs. And there k?nnten be more Arbeitspl?tze. "The factory is designed so that we easily add k?nnen," Winterkorn said. First of all, he wants but wait for the reaction of customers to the new car. "Theoretically w?ren other Volkswagen models m?glich." Already on Monday (23 May 2011) Winterkorn had spread the word f?r ger?hrt the new work. "It is one of the most environmentally friendly car factories around the world and daf?r another sign that VW to America is," said the VW Chief at the confirmation of a partnership with the Museum of modern art (MoMA) in New York. Kamei f?r zeitgen?ssische art give several million dollars and get as f?r in return some of the shine of the world-famous Museum. In the evening had Winterkorn with celebrities such as pop icon Madonna, widow of John Lennon Yoko Ono and "sex and the city' Star Kim Cattrall levels. That was f?r attention in the US press. Currently lags behind VW in the United States. The Verk?ufe are still below the two s?dkoreanischen competitors Hyundai and Kia, and miles away from General Motors, Ford and Toyota. From Mexico, Jetta and new beetle will be in addition to the US Passat the turning point. Audi erw?gt also to build a factory in the United States. The competitors BMW and Mercedes each have a plant in the United States for years. Both premium manufacturers produce mainly their Gel?ndewagen very popular in the United States.
