Cut $8K off the Golf sticker and VW will have a winner.
I have a Golf, drives like a sports car, looks like a FIT and overpriced.
Alot of truth in that statement. One of the reasons Volkswagen moved much of it's manufacturing here to the US (and produces the cars it sells in the U.S. IN the United States) is the cheaper labor costs of U.S. workers vs. their German counter-parts. That move shaved @$6k from the cost of an average Passat, for example.
The PROBLEM is that Volkswagen didn't invest ANY of that savings into improved interiors or technologies like their Japanese rivals do, and Volkswagen is having reliability problems which are generating negative reviews.
Anytime I was in Brussels, Germany or Netherlands I had a Mazda or Volkswagen Turbo-Diesel. I'll tell you that there is a marked difference between the VW's made here and sold here, vs. the ones sold in Europe.
I'll take a German built Passat TDI over it's US brother any day of the week.
IIRC, Kia (Korea) hired Audi’s designer and his design influence is already being seen in new Forte which is priced much lower than the Golfs.
doubt that could be done. The cost of the diesel emissions garbage is astronomical.
And all that emissions stuff especially the SCR junk is making these cars (and trucks Chevy/Ford/Dodge) a nightmare to maintain.
I had/have two diesel trucks and a 2003 VW Jetta TDI and doubt i would ever by another diesel due to this emission garbage ... EGR in a diesel is RIDICULOUS!
It’s a European website. Seems to have US pricing wrong.
Golf TDIs sell for $25k-$27k while A3 TDIs sell for $8k - $10k more.