For several years, Volkswagen is banking on its new manufacturing facilities to boost its market share in the United States. It is now for sellers to fulfill their role as production officially began in the brand new factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee …

The opening of a Volkswagen plant in the United States is a project that goes back several years , and work began in 2009. Two years later, the buildings are ready for entry into action, and 2,000 new employees are screened training Volkswagen. The manufacturer will now sell the new Passat .

Model planned for the U.S. market, but not only because it is also widely (and more) for the Chinese market. Anyway, it will now sell this large sedan to Americans. Sedan bigger and more imposing than the Passat European, but also cheaper and less loaded with technological content. Clearly, this is in the eyes of many observers really a Volkswagen … The challenge is far from over, especially as the style of the Passat seems pretty bland compared to competitors that are well bolstered for several years …

The opening of the plant is not a first for Volkswagen opened a factory in Westmoreland (Pennsylvania) in 1978, before closing in 1987 …

The big ceremony was attended by all necessary officials, including Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. An unexpected guest was present: Darth Vader. Volkswagen has indeed made ​​a small nod to commercial aired during the Superbowl , and that the young Vader who has given strength to the plant …