Volkswagen Is Doing Away With its Arteon Sedan Globally
• The Volkswagen Arteon will be discontinued globally, the company confirmed this week.
• In Canada the Arteon hasn't been offered since 2021. Now it's being pulled everywhere.
The decision by Volkswagen to discontinue its Arteon sedan in global markets surprises exactly no one. Sales of the sedan have been miserly, and the automaker is accelerating its shift towards electric vehicles. To wit, it is preparing to launch onto the market the all-electric ID.7, the natural replacement for the ICE Arteon.
The move also fits into Volkswagen’s efforts to streamline its product line and offerings. One focus is to trim low-volume models from the lineup, another is to simplify the offerings of those models that are part of the lineup going forward.
The ID.7 thus has a far leaner offering, with virtually no options included – 99 percent fewer than the current Golf, for example.
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