 OT: VW Factory Site Announced, Chattanooga, TN Area |
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| rwjames |
 Jul 15 2008, 12:33 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Montgomery, AL Member No.: 6,136 Region Association: South East States  |
VW just announced they have selected Chattanooga, Tennessee for the site of their new U.S. manufacturing plant.
It's scheduled to start running in early 2011 and employee around 2,000 employees initally. Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...0s&refer=us |
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| carr914 |
Jul 15 2008, 12:48 PM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 118,694 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States  |
They should have never left Pennsylvania
T.C. |
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 15 2008, 04:18 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,321 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Although a move, still nice to see jobs being kept in the states.
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| james2 |
Jul 15 2008, 05:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 97 Joined: 28-June 08 From: Georgia Member No.: 9,225 Region Association: None |
Good, guess when the Air force finally kills these AC130s I'm patching back together, I can get a job up there.......
/not really //I'm not a factory worker type ///edit. i'm not a worker type period. |
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| VaccaRabite |
Jul 15 2008, 09:32 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,444 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(carr914 @ Jul 15 2008, 02:48 PM)  They should have never left Pennsylvania T.C. Sadly, the only thing that the PA factory did was loose money year after year. If VW had stayed there even 1 year longer, it would have resulted in them having to end sales in the US. VAG nearly closed up shop here, until the New Beetle saved their bacon. Zach |
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| zymurgist |
Jul 16 2008, 10:08 AM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Jul 15 2008, 11:32 PM) If VW had stayed there even 1 year longer, it would have resulted in them having to end sales in the US. VAG nearly closed up shop here, until the New Beetle saved their bacon. heh heh heh... New Beetle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aaron.gif) Not that there's anything wrong with that. |
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| Justinp71 |
Jul 16 2008, 10:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,583 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 2,922 Region Association: None
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Awesome!
There was a Turbo Golf at the last Autocross I was at and he was faster than my 914-6 on slicks... Not that I'm the fastest driver either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| LarryR |
Jul 16 2008, 10:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 929 Joined: 15-March 07 From: E. Bay Area, N. California Member No.: 7,604 |
I think the new TDI's will save their bacon once again. I think once people realize that they can get near prius mpg with the same acceleration (within .2 sec) of a mini cooper S they will buy the new TDI's in mass.
Glad to hear they will be building them here. |
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| Gary |
Jul 16 2008, 08:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 744 Joined: 12-January 03 From: Mount Airy, MD Member No.: 134 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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"The sedan produced at the plant will be priced between the Jetta and Passat models" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Anyone heard of this?
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| james2 |
Jul 16 2008, 09:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 97 Joined: 28-June 08 From: Georgia Member No.: 9,225 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Gary @ Jul 16 2008, 06:46 PM) "The sedan produced at the plant will be priced between the Jetta and Passat models" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Anyone heard of this? Yea, it's going to be called the Choo, Choo |
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| Gary |
Jul 19 2008, 09:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 744 Joined: 12-January 03 From: Mount Airy, MD Member No.: 134 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Found this on VW Vortex:
Volkswagen plans to produce a new mid-sized platform at this factory. Essentially this will be a U.S. market-specific Passat model, although it may not be called "Passat" when it arrives in 2011... Volkswagen of America will now be able to specifically build a car better suited to this market, realize significant cost savings (since it won't have to be imported from Germany) and, most importantly, have a new mid-size car platform strategy that *could* result in a minivan and other mid-size vehicle entries that share components similar to the Toyota Camry/Sienna/Highlander. We have an '07 Passat Wagon - love it. The next German Passat CC won't have a wagon available and is postured to compete with MB. |
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| Rusty |
Jul 20 2008, 07:13 AM
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Wanted: Engine case GA003709 Group: Admin Posts: 7,941 Joined: 24-December 02 From: North Alabama Member No.: 6 Region Association: Galt's Gulch 
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Huntsville Alabama was really pushing for the VW plant... they offered an incentive package totalling $220,000,000... and it wasn't enough to seal the deal.
Wow. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
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