VW Eos Will Be Killed Off, Successor Will Be Larger

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will not get a successor on the new Volkswagen MQB platform, which means that the only convertible Volkswagen available in the US will be the new Beetle Convertible. Europe will have the Beetle ConvertibleVolkswagen Beetle Cabrio ...Germany, 2013 > present1 photo
and Golf Convertible, at least until a seventh generation Golf convertible is ready.

“The Eos will not be prolonged when it comes off the market. Retractable hardtops are disappearing from the market now, and to be honest that’s not something I mind.

“There’s definitely room in our line-up for a larger convertible, so why not do it. The problem with such ambitions is that all our existing factories are at full capacity, so any new additions means building new factories,” said VW Head of Design Klaus Bischoff. 

Volkswagen has new factories planned in China, but it would be a first for them to export Chinese-made Volkswagens to other markets. 

Source: Autocar