Stephen Thomas, of Cleveland, Tenn., recently took delivery of a Chattanooga-made diesel Passat.Stephen Thomas picked up his new diesel-powered Passat in Chattanooga last week at Village Volkswagen, expecting to save big on fuel costs from his old Saturn Aura.
The Cleveland, Tenn., traveling supervisor said he wasn’t disappointed, getting about 42 miles per gallon after putting about 100 miles on the Chattanooga-made VW.
“If you look at it, I’m getting a 50 percent increase,” he said.
According to Volkswagen, the company is selling all the diesel versions of the Passat it’s making at the Chattanooga assembly plant.
“Demand is very high,” said Guenther Scherelis, general manager of communications for VW’s Chattanooga operations.