Volkswagen AG
Jul 8 2008, AP

If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing.The South offers automakers ample highway and rail...

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