Volkswagen: to build new SUV at Tennessee plant

(CercleFinance.com) - Volkswagen will build a new five-passenger SUV designed and engineered for the American market at its Chattanooga factory in Tennessee, the German carmaker said late on Monday.


The auto giant said it will invest approximately 340 million dollars to bring the vehicle to market, in addition to approximately 900 million dollars already invested to expand the plant.

The new SUV will be a five-passenger variant of the seven-passenger Atlas, which benefits from strong momentum on the US market, VW said.

The five-passenger Atlas will mark the third Volkswagen model assembled at the Chattanooga factory, where Volkswagen already manufactures the Passat and the Atlas.

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