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Article: VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT NUDGES TOYOTA CAMRY FROM TOP RATING.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- March 26, 1999
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For the first time in 16 years, the Toyota Camry has been beaten for the top spot in the widely watched annual ranking of family sedans by Consumer Reports magazine. The No. 1 ranking for Volkswagen's midsized model, Passat, was a sign that the German automaker is building on the success of its new Beetle model to shake off years of dreary auto sales in the U.S. market.
``We think the Passat was just as significant a car as the new Beetle for us, because it proves that Volkswagen can compete in that midsized family car market,'' VW spokesman Tony Fouladpour said.
VW had trouble competing at all in the United States until recently.
In 1993 VW ...