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there's an awefull lot of info in that link that scares me like:

"The new mid-size sedan due in 2011 will be larger but less expensive than the current Passat and will emphasize size and value over autobahn breeding. A VW executive in Wolfsburg told us: “U.S. customers look at size and engine displacement. They won’t pay an extra dollar for a Passat over a Camry just because of its finesse and attention to detail.”

and then this:

"And while VW might be eyeing Chrysler’s lost sales in the U.S., the global targets are more ambitious: Winterkorn seems determined to take on Toyota".

It's pretty common knowldge that the reason Toyota has stuffed up badly over the last few years is because of their sole ambition to be number one world's biggest car seller - at the expensive of quality.

I wonder how that thinking will translate across to Audi etc?
The mid size sedan is the American built - america domestic market sedan.
It is purely being built for their insatiable need for obsenely large cars.


We will see how vw goes at being number one.