Posted on 06/19/2015 1:35:52 PM PDT by Red Badger
Germany’s VW AG has a mixed situation in the US – on one hand its luxury stablemate Audi is thriving and posting record sales each month, while on the other hand the mass-market brand is suffering.
The company is a powerhouse in Europe, where it’s the largest automaker and thanks to China has also achieved the status of the second biggest carmaker in the world. Among the issues lie the fact that in the US the mass-market car brand VW has been sliding while the rest of the market is going up and the fact that Audi is indeed posting record after record, but is still out of the top three places in terms of annual deliveries. One of their assets in the ongoing fight could be diesel-powered vehicles – a stronghold for the brands in Europe. Let’s take for example the 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen TDI station wagon and the 2015 Audi A3 TDI sedan. They both have strong attributes: great fuel economy that doesn’t hinder a lively performance. The only drawback – gasoline engines are turning more efficient by the day and the fuel could enter a “persona non grata” situation as some US states are mulling higher taxes while some European countries are already focusing on driving diesel usage down.
The duo have almost matching prices, with entry asking quotations of $29,095 for the Golf Sportwagen TDI and $32,600 for the A3 TDI – both featuring under the hood the same powerplant. It’s a 150-hp 2.0L turbocharged four-cylinder engine that also has 238 pound-feet of torque at 1,750 rpm, with the low engine speed making it almost unmatched when it comes to fast acceleration from the get go.
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*****” Thanks to the EPA..................” *****
NOPE ... Thank Bill Clinton and I am sure that he is still getting residuals to his Foundation
ALGore is getting some too
EPA is nothing but a weapon that Politicians wield like a sword, they are nothing without the Politicians and why they still exist is something that you need to bring up with your local Congress Critter and then DOCUMENT HIS/HER LIES so that you can replace them with a new Liar, less rich but still hungry for the new pay offs.
OH Yeah
It is to the point these AHoles don’t even try to hide what they are doing.
GTH “BATH HOUSE BARRY” (don’t pass Go, don’t collect $200, just go straight to HELL)
Hard to believe. They have no style at all. They couldn’t give me one.
Not saying that never happens, but where I come from there are idling restrictions on trucks. Basically in most urban areas you can’t leave a truck idling the way you used to so it has slipped from common practice.
Diesels built for automobiles haven’t been noisy for quite a while.
Cars, especially upscale ones, keep growing in size. The new A3 is about the size of the original A4. The A3 is about the only upscale brand sedan (hatchbacks negate some upscale appeal) of its size I can think of. Other entry level lux sedans are at least six inches longer. Older buyers don’t mind conservative styling. It’s a niche market.
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.
i love diesel. my car and pick up are both diesel. my tractor and zero turn mower are both diesel. diesel costs about the same as 87 octane here.
These aren’t your father’s diesels............................
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