Volkswagen CEO Follows Mercedes & BMW’s Lead And Considers U.S. Plant. There Goes Quality.

Volkswagen AG’sNorth American CEO Stefa Jacoby said Thursday that his company is studying the possibility of opening a U.S. production plant.

Currently both Volkswagen and its luxury counterpart Audi are struggling to stay above water in the U.S.  The possible move to create a U.S. plant would be designed to help boost U.S. sales.  Importing cars from Europe to the U.S. is quite expensive. 

The high import cost caused both Mercedes Benz and BMW to open U.S. plants years ago.  Mercedes has a plant in Alabama and BMW has a plant in South Carolina.

We wouldn’t be surprised if the Volkswagen plant ended up in one of the low cost-of-living south eastern states as well.

Hopefully they will try and keep quality standards high. The move by Mercedes and BMW to a U.S. manufacturing model has caused many buyers to complain of an erosion of quality over the years…and that’s the last thing Volkswagen needs.