VW Will Buy Back Some Diesel Cars, Announcing A Deal With U.S.

NPR ^ | April 21, 201611:17 AM ET | Bill Chappell

[Red Badger]

Now there’s a business OPPORTUNITY!.........................

[Red Badger]

I don’t think it will affect them negatively. At least not on our side of the aisle............but then, liberals don’t buy diesels anyways......................

[Red Badger]

A lot of these will be reprogrammed by the dealers, then re-reprogrammed by the owners......................

[Gay State Conservative]

Just saw a piece in a British paper yesterday saying that *all* diesels recently sold there flunk emissions tests in “real work” use.

I'm on my third diesel (none VWs) and I'm a diesel fanatic.I hope this doesn't mean the end of diesels here but if the Rats,or CARB,have any say it probably does.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I see an opportunity for the right person. Find out the buying price VW offers and beat it. Resell the cars to folks who don’t care and simply want mileage.

[IYAS9YAS]

Normally, they would have 5-6 Jettas and 5-6 Golfs in stock, but 4 out 6 of each type were TDIs that the dealerships were stuck with and discounted to try to get rid of them.

Probably two or three reasons. First, the diesel variants are considerably more expensive than the gasoline counterparts, which, at the lower price points of the Jetta and Golf, really tends to stick out. Second, most older Americans remember the 70s/80s diesel failures and that stigma sticks. The younger ones, those with skulls of mush, anyway, think diesel is on par with burning piles of used tires.

Lastly, in some areas, diesel prices, combined with the higher purchase price of the car, don't turn people on to the fact they get far better mileage than their gasoline counterparts, and they can't do the math.

I'd take one if I could afford to, but right now, I'm saving up for a diesel pickup and a travel trailer, my car is paid for, and my commute only costs me a tank of gas a month, so there's no incentive for me to buy a new diesel.

[Chickensoup]

It is the California requirements that knock diesel out.

There are so many different brands of diesels in Europe.

We are crippled and stymied as a country.

[Chickensoup]

Because then you can delete the changes and chip the engine and get that great performance back. Just like all the big high performance monster diesels the kids drive.

[factoryrat]

The majority of the car buyers in today's market weren't even born when GM foisted their crappy converted olds engines on car buyers.

The current issues with diesels are purely political/environut/business driven.

The EPA has all but come out and said that they want to ban ALL passenger cars and light trucks from having diesel engines. What they're doing now is simply elimination by bureaucracy.

[AndyJackson]

I drove an Alpha 156 diesel in Italy. What a great car - excellent performance and gas mileage - just what you would expect from Alpha Romeo.

[Red Badger]

It’s ALL Algore’s fault, for saying the internal combustion engine is the greatest threat to mankind.................

[Red Badger]

It’s ALL Algore’s fault, for saying the internal combustion engine is the greatest threat to mankind.................

[factoryrat]

Is the manbearpig even still alive? I thought that he either choked to death on CO2, or his brain overheated due to global warming.

Either way, diesels aren’t the problem; science illiterate and lobbyist bribed government lackeys are the problem.

[Red Badger]

The 'Sexpoodle' lives!.....................

[Red Badger]

[Chickensoup]

I drove an Alpha 156 diesel in Italy. What a great car - excellent performance and gas mileage - just what you would expect from Alpha Romeo.

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YOu lucky dog! I hear you are losing the twenty.

Sorry about that.

[Lakeshark]

I have an Audi diesel.

It's the most fun, AND gas efficient car I've ever driven.

I was once cruising at 90, getting 45 mpg. I wanted to have a sign as I blew past all the Prius owners.

If they expect me to get this thing "fixed", they're out of their freaking minds........

[libertylover]

I'd take one if I could afford to,

I agree with your analysis.

I snooped around at a few VW sites and apparently, they're not offering the TDIs right now. They probably will after this blows over a it. You could maybe buy a used one real cheap but I would only want one that had NOT been modified to comply with the do-gooder laws. The modified ones are probably absolute dogs as far as driving goes.

[CapnJack]

how about VW strip out all the EPA crap they had to put in the TDI’s so the owners can have a car the works the way it should.

Then give the big. FU to the EPA.

[Clay Moore]

I would take the 5K and spend it on a good tune and upgrades!