VW Taos to replace Golf in North American market
- Volkswagen has implemented a third SUV in its manufacturing program in North America. This is a 4.47 m long C-segment SUV, very close to the Volkswagen Tharu marketed in China since 2018 and whose dimensions are between those of a Skoda Karoq (4.38 m) and Volkswagen Tiguan (4.70 m). Note that the Tiguan made in Mexico is the long version, called Allspace in Europe. The German automaker has said that like the Passat, which is gradually being replaced by the Tiguan in customer demand, the new Taos will replace the Golf in the North American market.
- The Taos has a 1.5-liter petrol engine developing 158 hp already fitted to the Golf.
- The Golf and the Taos are manufactured in the same factory in Puebla, Mexico. The plant's activity is expected to increase again from 2021 as the Taos is at the core of the North American market, namely the compact SUV market. Next to the Taos and the Tiguan, there is a third SUV in the Volkswagen manufacturing program in North America, this is the Atlas which is manufactured at the Chattanooga (Tennessee) site and which has supplanted the VW Touareg in the North American market. It is therefore a 5.04 m long upper segment model that continues to grow in this market despite the Covid crisis. In 2020, Volkswagen will have manufactured 235,000 SUVs in North America compared to 155,000 sedans, or 60% of SUVs and 40% of sedans, knowing that the proportion of sedans will fall further in 2021, with the discontinuation of the Passat and of the Golf, and the rise in tempo of the Taos. Volkswagen’s future in North America will depend on SUVs and electric cars.
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