Volkswagen Group Malaysia expects to introduce its locally assembled Jetta within a month, managing director Christoph Aringer said.

“With the introduction of the local model, the completely knocked down Jetta would join the Passat and Polo sedan and hatchback,” he said.

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The current completely built up 1.4 turbo variant retails for RM151,888.

“The local model will be Volkswagen’s fourth variant to be assembled at DRB-HICOM Bhd’s factory in Pekan, Pahang,” Aringer told Business Times.

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