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VW plans new trucks, but not for the US

 
Melissa Melissa
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Posted: 09/17/07
03:03 PM

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VW puts wheels in motion on pick-ups

By John Reed in Frankfurt

Published: September 11 2007 22:12 | Last updated: September 11 2007 22:12

Volkswagen is considering developing a pick-up truck as it seeks to boost global sales and challenge the growing power of Japan’s Toyota.

VW also plans to develop a “family of small vehicles” akin to the original Beetle in price and design and geared toward urban and emerging-markets buyers, Martin Winterkorn, its chief executive told the Financial Times.





and we wont see them here in the US at all...  I've also over heard this is 1 of 12 new vehicles slated to come from VW with in the next couple of years.


Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/89eb607e-6090-11dc-8ec0-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F89eb607e-6090-11dc-8ec0-0000779fd2ac%2Cdwp_uuid%3De8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html&_i_referer=