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VW CrossBlue interior is shown at the 2103 North American International Auto Show.Volkswagen Group of America chief Michael Horn on Tuesday said that the new sport utility vehicle the company will produce at its Chattanooga plant is “a stunner.”
“You can be sure it will be top of the line,” Horn said at the Hunter Museum where officials talked about the company creating 2,000 more jobs at the factory as it aims to start producing the SUV by late 2016.
Horn said that the concept vehicle it showed off at the North American International Auto Show in January 2013 has been refined. The new vehicle will have “a great design, be tops in safety, quality” and possess the technology Americans want, he said.