Be patient - it will all shake out. Once the correction is installed on the diesels I am sure people will return to the VW fold. After all, no one was killed, burned, exploded or decapitated. That is something not every carmaker can say.
geitjeshoeder
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I've owned a 2007 VW Passat turbodiesel, nice car, pretty good mpg. I've traded it in for a Mercedes C-series back in 2011. I'm in the market for a new car. The Merc seems to hold it's value pretty good, so i'm tempted to get one of those at the dealer, or maybe a new BMW or a new Lexus. The NX300h is pretty decent on price compared to a C-series with good engine and a hybride. I wish to spend less then 900/1000 euro's a month in lease. Tesla seems nice, however when going to France for business or fun i would like to do that on one tank of diesel.
I've once owned a Volvo 850 T5R, which failed the MOT (or APK) when in normal mode, so the workshop trimmed down the inlet manifold and it passed it with flying colours, and then they put to it to normal again. This was normal practice at Volvo for years, and even the 850 T5R's owned by the Dutch Police have been treated the same. So this is about more brands then just VW. And yes, with a straight face, does anyone ever achieve the reported MPG?. Even when you drive like a granny you're going to get a higher figure. With the cruise control on, on an empty road with summertyres i get a higher figure on the highway then the prescribed highway average.
Also we have 2 Transporter diesel vans, low cost of ownership, great trade-in value and good engines.
I've once owned a Volvo 850 T5R, which failed the MOT (or APK) when in normal mode, so the workshop trimmed down the inlet manifold and it passed it with flying colours, and then they put to it to normal again. This was normal practice at Volvo for years, and even the 850 T5R's owned by the Dutch Police have been treated the same. So this is about more brands then just VW. And yes, with a straight face, does anyone ever achieve the reported MPG?. Even when you drive like a granny you're going to get a higher figure. With the cruise control on, on an empty road with summertyres i get a higher figure on the highway then the prescribed highway average.
Also we have 2 Transporter diesel vans, low cost of ownership, great trade-in value and good engines.
Resale value on a VW is going to plunge. I almost bought a new Amarok with a 2 litre diesel nine months ago, sure glad I didn't. The reason I didn't, was that the dealers I tried to talk to, acted like they were doing me favor by selling me car. Pissed me off. They could sell every car they could get their hands on, so why be nice to customers?
My friend is thinking about buying a Ford Ranger now, so we went to VW to look a the Amarok and the place was dead. haha.
My friend is thinking about buying a Ford Ranger now, so we went to VW to look a the Amarok and the place was dead. haha.
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halcyondays
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I guess the VW diesel is America's smallest problem...
Just saying coal rollers
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Instead to confirm that it actually was cheating, VW should have argued that the too high emission was part of a special model they offer, to follow an American trend
Just saying coal rollers
Instead to confirm that it actually was cheating, VW should have argued that the too high emission was part of a special model they offer, to follow an American trend
geitjeshoeder
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Did you know that for light commercial vehicles (vans, pick-ups and suv's), trucks and busses the emission norms in the US are easier then those in the EU? And that for passengercars they are much much stricter. Seeing that gasoline prices in the EU are higher then in the US, a lot of passengercars owned by people like me, who do a lot of miles every year, here are diesels, which then makes sense. US carmakers make little to no dieselcars, so keeping the diesel passenger car very well controlled is a big help for Detroit. However they same could be said for commercial vehicles here, you don't see any Mack-trucks or New Flyer busses here in Europe. We've got trucks from DAF, Renault, MAN etc. So diesel has become a bit of a political instrument. VW makes good cars and commercial vehicles nothing wrong with the safety, durability or even environmental impact.
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