Volkswagen plant decision expected July 15

Tennessee in running, may trail Alabama By G. CHAMBERS WILLIAMS III • Staff Writer • July 8, 2008 Despite rampant speculation that Volkswagen favors a site in Alabama for a proposed new assembly plant, sites in Tennessee and Michigan are still in the running, the German automaker said Monday. Deflecting a report in the German magazine Automobilwoche (Automobile Week) that unidentified VW officials have said the Alabama site is the front-runner, Volkswagen spokeswoman Jill Bratina in Washington, D.C., said the company "continues to evaluate sites" in three states. "The decision will be made in mid-July," she said. Internally, though, a choice could be made as early as today, even if it isn't announced to the public. The automaker's management board is scheduled to meet to hear a staff recommendation about whether to build a... [read full story]