VW GOES BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD PASSAT COUPE, OTHER PRODUCTS UNDER REVIEW

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THE FUTURE IS HAZY for Volkswagen's heavily touted Passat-based four-door coupe, the first victim of new chairman Martin Winterkorn's fresh management regime. The four-door ("Four-door 'coupe' group grows," Feb. 6,2006), originally planned to debut at a gala in Berlin on Feb. 15, is officially on hold. Winterkorn ordered a rethinking of all future products upon his arrival at the company's Wolfsburg headquarters Jan. 1. That makes the Passat coupe just one among a number of future VW models under scrutiny. Others include the reborn Scirocco sports coupe and Tiguan small ute; both have been revealed in concept form and were due in showrooms within the next 12 months. Also in limbo is next year's sixth-generation Golg, the breadwinner that was slated for a hurry-up rework to reduce costs.