Suck it up W8 knee-pad boys: Sales of upscale Passat W8 slow in U.S.

[NFS4]

"I hoped that we would have sold more," said Jens Neumann, a board of management member at Volks-wagen AG. Through September, 1,530 sedans and wagons have been sold in the United States...

VW of America Inc. was shooting for about 5,000 W8 Passat sales during a full calendar year.

http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=carnews&loc_code=index&content_code=00871596

Now who was that that told me that W8's were flying off the lot?

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: NFS4

"I hoped that we would have sold more," said Jens Neumann, a board of management member at Volks-wagen AG. Through September, 1,530 sedans and wagons have been sold in the United States...

VW of America Inc. was shooting for about 5,000 W8 Passat sales during a full calendar year.

http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=carnews&loc_code=index&content_code=00871596

Now who was that that told me that W8's were flying off the lot?

You can probably find them in the same thread where they said there was no AWD 330 & the W8 Passat was reasonably priced.

Viper GTS

 

[Adul]

i wonder how they perform

 

[vi edit]

I didn't think they would sell well, and I think they were also overly optimistic.

Wonder how it will fair when they introduce the manual transmission?

 

[freebee]

Now if they dropped the price 15 grand...this would be the absolute best car to get.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: freebee
Now if they dropped the price 15 grand...this would be the absolute best car to get.

u could say that about any car


free civics.. that would be sweet

 

[ElFenix]

Suck it up W8 knee-pad boys: Sales of upscale Passat W8 slow in U.S.

 

[StageLeft]

1500 haha. That's because it's a brutally overpriced vehicle. Most people evidently don't want to pay $40k for a freaking volkswagen.

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
1500 haha. That's because it's a brutally overpriced vehicle. Most people evidently don't want to pay $40k for a freaking volkswagen.

If your going to be paying $40k for a VW....shouldn't you be going for the AUDI version instead???

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Chadder007

Originally posted by: Skoorb
1500 haha. That's because it's a brutally overpriced vehicle. Most people evidently don't want to pay $40k for a freaking volkswagen.

If your going to be paying $40k for a VW....shouldn't you be going for the AUDI version instead???

Exactly!! Get an even sweeter (and faster and better looking and better handling and better...well, you get the idea) Audi A4 3.0 Quattro w/6-speed manual with leather and sport package for $34,850

 

[vi edit]

I'm not sure where the $40k numbers are coming from. You could probably walk into a dealer and get one for $36,500, and that's a $1000 over invoice. A real good negotiator could knock off another $500 putting it right at $36,000.

Expensive yes, $40,000 no.

When the 6 speed get's here, is it supposed to be an either/or thing, or will it be cheaper than the auto?

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
1500 haha. That's because it's a brutally overpriced vehicle. Most people evidently don't want to pay $40k for a freaking volkswagen.

They will when the Touareg comes out. I think NFS4 will agree with me on that one...

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Chadder007

Originally posted by: Skoorb
1500 haha. That's because it's a brutally overpriced vehicle. Most people evidently don't want to pay $40k for a freaking volkswagen.

If your going to be paying $40k for a VW....shouldn't you be going for the AUDI version instead???

Damn well should be, yeah!

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: Skoorb
1500 haha. That's because it's a brutally overpriced vehicle. Most people evidently don't want to pay $40k for a freaking volkswagen.

They will when the Touareg comes out. I think NFS4 will agree with me on that one...

Well a sports car is in a totally different category. As it is now $36-40k is too much for most people evidently for a VW passenger vehicle.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
I'm not sure where the $40k numbers are coming from. You could probably walk into a dealer and get one for $36,500, and that's a $1000 over invoice. A real good negotiator could knock off another $500 putting it right at $36,000.

Expensive yes, $40,000 no.

When the 6 speed get's here, is it supposed to be an either/or thing, or will it be cheaper than the auto?

The only reason why you could POSSIBLY get a good deal on one is because they're sitting on the dealer lots collecting dust...that being said, you typically WOULD NOT be able to get a good deal on a low volume model like the W8 Passat. Afterall, they were expecting to sell 5,000 of them so giving you a discount on the car isn't exactly something that the dealer would do.

Either way, it's still too much for a friggen Passat.

 

[Parrotheader]

I'm holding off on the W8 and hoping Honda comes out with a $38,000 Accord

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader
I'm holding off on the W8 and hoping Honda comes out with a $38,000 Accord

its called an acura.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader
I'm holding off on the W8 and hoping Honda comes out with a $38,000 Accord

LOL. I hear that Nissan is making a Sentra SHO. It's got 190 horsepower and sticker price of $67k

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Parrotheader
I'm holding off on the W8 and hoping Honda comes out with a $38,000 Accord

its called an acura.

Yeah. But I want the ACCORD so I can show I'm still an 'average guy' who has no idea how to spend money.

 

[Emos]

IMHO it's a mistake that VW is attempting to make their cars more upscale than the Audi brand.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: aphexII

Originally posted by: Skoorb
1500 haha. That's because it's a brutally overpriced vehicle. Most people evidently don't want to pay $40k for a freaking volkswagen.

They will when the Touareg comes out. I think NFS4 will agree with me on that one...

Well a sports car is in a totally different category. As it is now $36-40k is too much for most people evidently for a VW passenger vehicle.

isn't toureg an SUV? same underpinnings as porsche cayenne but better looking and cheaper?

 

[LAUST]

LOL, is all I got to say about Thaaaaaat

4 banger, 6 or 8, can still "PassIt" without a problem

 

[Thegonagle]

Actually, it looks to me like WV priced a W8 Passat sedan with the $1500 sport package at $39,975. The wagon is $800 more, or $40,775. I guess we're all getting the idea that it's a $40,000 car from VW.

Even if you could get it for $36,000, $36,000 is a mighty long stretch from the $22,300 that the Passat starts at. Who wants to pay $36,000 for a car that looks exactly the same as their neighbor?s $22,000 car? Earth to Volkswagen, hello? Hello? Come on back!

 

[vi edit]

Even if you could get it for $36,000, $36,000 is a mighty long stretch from the $22,300 that the Passat starts at. Who wants to pay $36,000 for a car that looks exactly the same as their neighbors $22,000 car?

Although not "exactly" the same, they are very close
- base mustang vs. mustang cobra svt (15k vs. 38k)
- base camry vs. lexus es300 (VERY close looking - $18k vs. 32k)
- base 3 series vs. top end 3 series ($28k vs. $45k)
- base subaru outback vs. 3.0H6 version ($9,000 difference)
- base focus vs svt (13k vs 18k)

 

[vi edit]

The accord even has a $12,000 difference between it's bottom end, and it's top end.