East Tennessee built VW Passats shipping to dealers

9/1/2011

Volkswagen has started shipping dealers about 350 new Passats a day from its Chattanooga assembly plant in preparation for the car's market launch in just a few weeks.

"This is one of the most important events for Volkswagen in decades," said Carsten Krebs of Volkswagen of America about the sale of the midsize sedan starting the last part of September. "The Passat is one of the keys to VW's growth strategy in the States."

On Sept. 15, key TV commercials are to begin running, he said. Shortly after, Krebs said, customers will be able to buy a Passat and drive it off a dealer's lot. The exact date that customer sales will begin wasn't disclosed.

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel