Production for New Volkswagen Jetta Starts in December
Ten new Volkswagens are due before the end of the year, with a new Jetta for North America set to begin production this December.
The announcement was made at a VW press conference held last week to bring the world up to date on how the post-Dieselgate plan is progressing. A sort of State of the Union address for the German company.
Although the new Jetta is still under wraps, a new model would mark the first totally redesigned Jetta since 2011. This is a particularly important car in North America, where the Jetta consistently leads sales for VW.
It will be just one of 10 new models worldwide to start production this year, five of which have no direct predecessor: The Atlas, Arteon, Tiguan LWB, T-Roc, and Virtus (an MQB-based sedan for Brazil that’s smaller than the Jetta).
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Those five are joined by the Up! PA, the new Polo, the Phideon PHEV, the new Touareg, and, of course, the Jetta.
The Atlas, Tiguan, and T-Roc are all new additions to VW’s SUV lineup which the brand hopes to increase to a worldwide total of 19 by 2020. Not all of them are likely to find their way to America, but with a “sporty” five-seat Atlas derivative already teased and more SUVs promised, the number is sure to rise from the pre-scandal two.
Following all of that, of course, Volkswagen wants to become the world’s leading electric car manufacturer with the ID family of exclusively electric vehicles. Sales of those are set to start in 2020.
A version of this story originally appeared on VW Vortex
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Sebastien is a roving reporter who covers Euros, domestics, and all things enthusiast. He has been writing about the automotive industry for four years and obsessed with it his whole life. He studied English at the Wilfrid Laurier University. Sebastien also edits for AutoGuide's sister sites VW Vortex, Fourtitude, Swedespeed, GM Inside News, All Ford Mustangs, and more.
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