Even with an influx of new models coming for 2014 and 2015, including revised versions of the Chevrolet Impala and Volkswagen Phaeton and the all-new Chevrolet SS and Kia Cadenza, Polk advisor Tom Libby predicts the segment will account for just 3.2% of industry sales this year and 2.7% in 2015.

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And I can't help thinking that maybe Volkswagen would be better off being Volkswagen--not Bentley or Lamborghini or even a Phaeton.

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