Volkswagen's new SUV has been set to come with a feature that automatically controls braking to each wheel as the seven-seater descends on slippery off-road terrain.
The German automaker has been staking its hopes on the new model being just as adept at arresting the company's sales woes in the United States.
The mid-sized SUV was seen as key to reviving flagging U.S. sales even before the Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating scandal rocked the company to its core and caused one of the world's largest automakers to reassess how it does business around the globe.
The new SUV has been scheduled to begin production at Volkswagen's lone U.S. plant in Tennessee toward the end of this year, with the yet-to-be-named vehicle arriving in dealer show rooms early in 2017.
