Filed under: SUV, Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen
When
Volkswagen opened its new
Chattanooga factory, there were lots of questions about what
else it was going to build there, since
Passat volume wouldn't come close to soaking up the facility's 150,000-unit capacity. A three-row crossover was often mentioned as another model, with
Automobile reporting that a possible 180,000-unit expansion could lead to
Porsche,
Audi and VW CUVs being built there.
Now
Car and Driver reports that a three-row
Honda Pilot and
Ford Explorer fighter will be built, and it will "almost definitely" be assembled in Tennessee or Mexico. It might use the Passat's platform, the rumored engine is VW's 3.6-liter V6, and its MSRP is expected to strongly challenge those of its competitors (in the manner of the
Jetta and Passat's newly competitive price strategies).
The same report claims that VW is working on a
Tiguan more suited to American tastes, which probably means turning it into something more like a Jetta crossover than a Golf CUV. Last year, there were several reports that Volkswagen was considering
moving both Golf and
Tiguan production to North America, and a Stateside-leaning Tiguan might mean now is the right time to do so.
More details on three-row Volkswagen Tiguan for U.S. originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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