Re: looking at hybrid vs desiel
Well I certainly won't claim VW has top quality, but they aren't too bad either. They do make some dumb mistakes on new models that seem to take a bit of time to resolve, but they do tend to get them resolved and will fix them. Would be nice if they didn't make the dumb mistakes in the first place.
Now your chart there seems to be for just the first 5 months. Well what about 2 years or 5 years? 10 years? And what is a fault? Did the brakes fail or is your door handle slightly crooked?
Now of course being in north america I get to see what the big 3 makers here come out with, and suddenly VW quality doesn't look so bad. There are reasons very few north american cars are ever sold in the rest of the world. It isn't just because they are too big and inefficient.
Quality certainly is an issue with many cars, since everyone always seems to be trying to save money somewhere on the design in order to increase their profits or make their cars more competitive with some other brand that cut more corners. Sometimes they get away with it, and other times the corners they cut go too far.
As for where VW fits as a brand, I think europe might consider it a mid level brand, with audi taking the high end and skoda the low end of the VAG brands. What person at VW thought the VW Pheaton was a good idea I can't imagine, but I don't think there is anywhere in the world that considers VW a brand worthy of a car with that price tag.
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