VW Crossblue
VW Crossblue
VW Crossblue
VW CrossblueDETROIT – Volkswagen’s chief executive on Sunday cited workers at its Chattanooga assembly plant for producing “perfect cars,” and he said the automaker set a new U.S. sales mark in 2012.
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn also told about 250 journalists from around the world that the German automaker is forecasting another record year in America in 2013, and the company is developing a new sport utility vehicle for the U.S. that it plans to unveil today.
The seven-seat concept, which could be produced in Chattanooga, is tentatively dubbed the Volkswagen Crossblue.
“Our business has a very strong pillar in the U.S.,” Winterkorn said, projecting that VW Group of America will sell more than 600,000 vehicles this year for the first time ever.
VW reported Sunday, on the eve of the North American International Auto Show, that 2012’s results bested a 42-year-old mark.