VW Exec Dreams of More SUVs and the Return of the Phaeton in U.S. Lineup
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VW Exec Dreams of More SUVs and the Return of the Phaeton in U.S. Lineup



To meet its ambitious goal of reaching 800,000 annual sales in the United States by 2018, up from 324,402 deliveries last year, Volkswagen might need a little help through the introduction of new models and variants.

If Rainer Michel, Volkswagen of America's vice president for product marketing and strategy, could get his way, he would enhance the company's American lineup with a new base SUV placed under the current Tiguan crossover and a larger model slotting between the latter and the mid-sized Touareg SUV.

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