Chattanooga and Hamilton County officials are looking to add Volkswagen’s new Passat to their vehicle fleet programs.
VW is aiming the Chattanooga-made Passat at fleet operations generally, and it even hosted more than 80 such customers at an event in June to introduce the midsize car.
“We can’t speak about an exact figure, but it is significant,” said Carsten Krebs, VW Group of America’s corporate communications director, about fleet sales.
City government has already broached the idea of acquiring Passats with Volkswagen’s fleet sales operation, said Richard Beeland, a spokesman for Mayor Ron Littlefield.
“We discussed the specifications of cars,” he said, trying to determine if they would fit the city’s needs.