Volkswagen of America today reported that sales last month climbed 47.9 percent as the German automaker with a plant in Chattanooga had its best January since 1974.
Volkswagen plans to create 200 new jobs at its Chattanooga plant as it bolsters production from 31 to 35 cars per hour, according to the automaker.
Ten new Chattanooga-made Volkswagen Passats were damaged Saturday when the Norfolk Southern rail car in which they were being carried derailed and fell on its side.
Volkswagen’s Chattanooga-made Passat has been named Cars.com's "Best of 2012," the online automotive site announced during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
DETROIT -- Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn said Monday the Chattanooga-produced Passat is on its way to becoming "a real blockbuster."
Passat sales sped ahead last month with the Chattanooga-made sedan helping Volkswagen book its best December in the United States in nearly 40 years.
Volkswagen’s Chattanooga auto assembly plant is the first factory in the U.S. to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum certification, officials said today.
An Erlanger subsidiary will build a $2.6 million day care facility for use by Volkswagen employees and people who live in the area around the plant.
A German newspaper today reported that Volkswagen is making plans to bolster production at its Chattanooga plant with a new sport utility vehicle.
Sales for Volkswagen's Passat last month in the United States were the highest in nearly six years for the midsize sedan, according to the German automaker.
Volkswagen of America on Tuesday reported that sales climbed 39.6 percent in October over a year ago, with deliveries of the Chattanooga-made Passat to dealers surpassing 5,000 in the month.
Volkswagen of America today reported that sales climbed 39.6 percent in October over a year ago, with Chattanooga-made Passat sales surpassing 5,000 in the month.
Volkswagen Group today reported that third quarter profit jumped over last year, and it forecast an improvement on its full-year figures aided by higher sales in North America.
Volkswagen AG, growing in emerging markets and the United States with the help of its new Chattanooga plant, will probably become the world’s No. 1 carmaker this year, according to Bloomberg News.
Volkswagen's assembly plant project has burned through nearly all of the public funding pledged to it three years ago as a part of the incentive package to lure the automaker to Chattanooga.
