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We're likely getting yet another glimpse of Volkswagen's future crossover at the upcoming
2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, in January. According to
Automotive News,
two anonymous sources within the automaker indicate a CUV concept will be shown there. The concept is said to be a five-passenger preview of the brand's future seven-seat model.
Previous versions of the crossover have carried the name
CrossBlue (pictured above), but there was no indication whether or not that would continue. The original three-row concept
debuted at the 2013 auto show in Detroit, and
VW followed it up with
the CrossBlue Coupe Concept in Shanghai later that year.
In early 2014, the company announced
the CUV would go into production sometime in 2016, along with plans to invest $7 billion in North America over the next five years. During the summer, the automaker made things even more official when it declared
plans to invest $900 million to build a 538,000-square-foot expansion into its Chattanooga, TN, factory to assemble the new model. Production of the crossover was slated to begin by the end of 2016, at the time.
According to
Automotive News, even more changes in VW's CUV lineup are on the way. The
Tiguan is reportedly getting an update next year that could be joined by coupe and long-wheelbase variants, as well.
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