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You never said current diesels, you said all, and once again you want to change what you said.......you said ALL not "well if was snowing when it was made" you said ALL and you are wrong.
Here's a start.
Meanwhile, back to VW, guess what's coming back:
"The Phaeton, the brand’s most expensive model, could be shown to U.S. consumers in January as VW prepares the car’s return after pulling it seven years ago because of weak sales. The reintroduction, which would complement the rollout of new sport-utility vehicles, is aimed at showing off VW’s engineering prowess as the lift from the mainstream Passat sedan fades."
VW Brings Phaeton Flop Back to U.S. as Passat Sedan Fades (Bloomberg)
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"One exception was Volkswagen, which after gaining ground from the introduction of several new models in recent years has seen its momentum slow.
Sales of the VW brand fell 3.3% to 35,799 vehicles compared to the same month a year earlier."
July auto sales: Chrysler, Nissan post big gains; Volkswagen falls (LA Times)
It's not all doom and gloom though - Volkswagen Suprises With a Profit Boost (fool.com)
Yep, VW is the one that said they were going to be the world's number one by 2018, and they were talking about sales. (link)
VW 9.27 million
GM 9.3 million
They have 5 years and lots of cash to spend. Are any other companies offering 0 dn and 0% for 60 months? I would imagine you have to have good credit to get that?
Volkswagen’s high-mileage, TDI® Clean Diesel models accounted for 29.9 percent of sales in July, and 23.3 percent year-to-date, the best July and year-to-date results ever.
http://www.media.vw.com/newsrelease.do;jsessionid=E533F1FE004B59F5FBD0E52642625F- - 41?&id=1422&allImage=1&teaser=volkswagen-america-reports-july-2013-sales&mid=
Volkswagen Celebrates 60 Years of the Karmann Ghia, But Won't Revive Brand
Volkswagen's difficulties in the U.S. threaten Mr. Winterkorn's global expansion strategy, known as Mach 18. The plan calls for the auto maker to pass General Motors Co.and Toyota Motor Corp. to become the world's largest auto maker by 2018. VW is close to its goal thanks to rapid growth in China and rising sales of its Audi luxury cars.
VW's $1 Billion Bet on U.S. Factory Sputters (Wall St. Journal - may be a registration only link).
The Journal story noted that some potential buyers noticed how the Tennessee Passat (and now Jetta) were decontented. VW may have lowered the prices to compensate, but Toyota and Honda et. al. were smurfing up their models with fancier interiors.
And if you're comparing the 2.0T engine to the 2.5L, it is beyond night and day.
Take CA, no seriously Take CA. They think a Prius is worth owning. How stupid are CA buyers. Noisy, rough riding expensive, for a few more MPG. Not to mention BUTT ugly. And we are polluted with their ugliness everywhere in CA. Thankfully most are North of the LA county border up where the real Fruits, Nuts and Flakes reside. ;-)
VW has the diesel market in this country. And they need to keep cars in stock. Instead of pushing the gassers they get stuck with. VW is overall 30% selling diesel. The Sportswagen is 80% diesel now. That says a lot to me.
They were in the U.S. decades before Honda and Toyota. They built rugged little cars that were primitive and cheap to buy and to repair.
Then the world changed and they went downhill. Smog and safety requirements killed the beetle and the much loved vans.
Quality went from excellent to horrible. The Rabbits were probably the best example of this and things didn't get much better after that.
VW has a LONG road to travel before confidence is restored. I grew up with Volkswagens and I will always have a soft spot for them.
Quality was so bad that the General Manager at the Honda store I worked at made us wholesale evry one we took as a trade UNLESS they happened to be under warranty. I think that speaks volumes.
I suppose time will tell.
I hope that $8k was not in Alaska. When I hit Anchorage in April 1970 you could not find a decent home under $40k. Except maybe Nunaka Valley. My RCA starting pay in 1970 was just under $18k. About a $7k raise from San Diego. Not enough for me to buy a home in Anchorage at the time.
They started turning it around in the 80s; the VW plant (and Amazon) are nice to have but they are just icing on the economy down there now. Privatizing TVA would hurt, but that pinko commie socialist Coker won't stand for that LOL.
I remember the warehouse but I never went in there. My mom burned me out on antiquing when she'd drag me around to auctions in the 60s to do the lifting.
VW turned on their 33,600 solar panels this year, so they are doing their part for the air I guess. (chattanoogan.com)
A formal decision to build the vehicle should come before the end of the year, but Marc Trahan, VW of America executive vice president for quality, told the Automotive Press Association in Detroit today that its Chattanooga plant “is in the lead” to build it."
VW likely to build midsize SUV at Chattanooga (Detroit Free Press)
Long, strange trip ending for VW's hippie van (Detroit News)
In a nutshell, VW doesn't sell pickups in the US.
Gas is "cheap" (or at least prices are stable) and buyers are jumping into trucks and SUVs. (WSJ)