Volkswagen is working to continue to gain market share in the United States.
Today at the Detroit Auto Show, the company unveiled a new concept car aimed at the highly sought after North American SUV market.
http://youtu.be/GnijMyrbFYY
The "CrossBlue," as it's called now, is a six to seven seat SUV with a "plug-in hybrid powertrain that mates a TDI Clean Diesel engine with two electric motors."
That's right... lift the hood, and you're not likely to know what the heck you're looking at.
But that's the future of cars. Automakers are moving toward cars with multiple power plants that can be engaged in different circumstances.
Volkswagen says the "CrossBlue" would get 35 mpg in "combined mode" (similar to the hybrid mode of today's Prius), and the equivalent of 89 mpg in all-electric mode (with a range in that mode of 14 miles).
Here's the unveiling of VW "CrossBlue" (complete with the 'demographic dancers'):
Jonathan Browning, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group America said the CrossBlue concept is "exactly the right type of vehicle for the U.S. market," but it still has a ways to go before it would be introduced here.
The car is an indication of where the company is headed.
