NY 2010: Volkswagen Mid-Size Sedan to launch with TDI in 2011
During yesterday’s North American entrance of the 2011 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid during a New York Automobile Show, VW’s North American CEO, Stefan Jacoby, let slip which the yet-to-be-named Passat deputy – currently known as a “New Mid-Size Sedan” (NMS) – will be available with the diesel in both a U.S. as well as Canada when it goes on sale in 2011.
Prolongation of the NMS is set to proceed insideof the next year during a automaker’s new Chattanooga, Tennessee facility, as well as it’s all though assured which a mill will be a same 2.0-liter diesel four-pot currently outputting 140 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque in the Jetta TDI.
Details upon a sedan are meagre, but Jacoby reiterated which a NMS will be Volkswagen’s most focused pull into a mid-size shred, where it is set to do conflict with the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry. With the launch this important, it’s no wonder which the company is still debating names.
