He conceived the ill-selling Phaeton, a luxury VW model with its own “transparent” assembly works in Dresden.

In 2007, Passat B6 with standard wheelbase was introduced by FAW-VW named as Magotan to compete with Shanghai VW’s B5 LWB.

"If the price of gas continues to rise, I will probably choose not to drive anymore," said Chu, who drives a Volkswagen Sagitar.