Volkswagen Steps On The Brakes Of The Passat

With only a 1.9 percent of lost sales in the black hole called Europe, Volkswagen remains relatively unaffected by the European contagion, especially compared to PSA (- 12.9 percent), Renault (-19.1 percent), Opel (- 15.8 percent), Ford (- 13.2 percent) and Fiat (- 16.1 percent). But Volkswagen can't walk on water either. Volkswagen is throttling down the production of its bread & butter car, the Passat in reaction to lackluster demand. Volkswagen's Emden plant will give its workers four long weekends by closing on three Fridays this month and one in March, says Automobilwoche [sub]. Emden workers already received an extra holiday week during Christmas to adapt supply to demand. Along with the Golf, the Audi A4 and Audi A6, the Passat is one oft he most popular models in the stable of the Volkswagen Group. No rest for the weary workers of the new Golf MK7: Demand is so high that the unions had to approve overtime. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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