Now, though, the sting of lost business doesn’t hurt as much given the reputation-shattering news that VW illegally rigged emissions software to avoid sky-high pollution readings. About 11 million cars worldwide — 500,000 in the U.S. — are affected.
Georgia’s VW Pain is Florida’s Gain — or Is It?
Monday, October 19th, 2015
Last February, amid much hoopla, the port of Jacksonville stole away the Volkswagen import business from Brunswick. Roughly 100,000 VWs, Audis, Porsches and Bentleys were set to flow annually into Florida for distribution across the Southeast. Brunswick took a serious import hit.
