There won’t be any new Volkswagens rolling off Chattanooga production lines this year, since the local production facilities are currently only under construction. We’ll have to wait till next year to see “local” VWs.
But it is good 2010 news that VW sales are up 41.4 percent as new models are rolling out elsewhere.
The popularity of Volkswagens suggests there should be strong demand for Chattanooga-made VWs when about 2,000 local VW employees — and more workers in other companies supplying VW — get into production.
VW expects to sell about 8 million cars a year worldwide soon — and more than 10 million a year by 2018.
We are glad Chattanooga will be a part of that strategy.