The German edition of Handelsblatt writes that Volkswagen is considering scenarios that minimizes import duties. The new President Donald Trump intends to levy solid duties from foreign assembly cars, and Audi and Porsche produce their products exclusively outside the United States. Volkswagen has a suitable assembly site inside the country: this is a plant in Chattanuga (Tennessee).
Audi cars for the United States are produced in Mexico, but a 25 percent allowance can be introduced from this country. The entire Porsche line to North America is exported from Europe. One of the scripts involves organizing the assembly of new Audi and Porsche in Tennessee, the benefit of free production capacities is.
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According to another scenario, American -made prospects make sense for completely new models. In the case of Audi, it can be a frame electric SUV technically close to Scout, in the case of Porsche, a future large crossover that will take a niche over Cayenne. Both options do not imply fast localization: the first Audi and Porsche of the American assembly will appear no earlier than 2027-2028.
Although the Trump administration has not disclosed the deadlines for increasing import duties, analysts are already calculating how much automobile companies will lose. For example, Moody’s estimates the losses of the Volkswagen Group operating profit at 15%, if all products of Mexican production will have to pay extra 25%. The Volkswagen brand will suffer almost the most, because bestsellers are collected in Mexico – Tiguan and Jetta.
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