28/04/2008 06:08. With Volkswagen due to make a decision about the location of its
first US factory in more than two decades, the next obvious
question is what to build there? We had a chance to pose that very
question to Steve Keyes, GM of Public Relations for VW of America.
According to Steve, the driving force for the factory is two-fold.
First and most obvious is the exchange rate issue. With dollar
being worth less almost daily against the Euro, it's increasingly
difficult for VW to price cars competitively, especially in the
mainstream segments where it primarily competes. The second reason
is capacity constraints at the Peubla, Mexico factory that builds
VW's highest volume US product, the Jetta. VW of America has set... //
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