Comments on: VW Diesel Hybrid Kaput; Golf VI Details Revealed

By: Hybrid Car Chat Blog » Blog Archive » VW Drops Diesel Electric Concept… For Now

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:57:04 +0000

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By: Sorry Folks, VW Diesel Electric Hybrid Not Coming to US : Gas 2.0

Sorry Folks, VW Diesel Electric Hybrid Not Coming to US : Gas 2.0 — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:00:58 +0000

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By: Car Guides » VW Golf TDI Hybrid probably dead in the water

Car Guides » VW Golf TDI Hybrid probably dead in the water — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:23:57 +0000

[...] to justify for a car in the Golf’s market segment. German magazine Auto Motor und Sport is reporting that the Golf TDI Hybrid will not come to pass. Instead, VW will combine the hybrid system with a [...]

By: brettc

brettc — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:39:56 +0000

VW sure does like to pussy out on diesel hybrids. They had one in the early 90s as well that they gave up on. Maybe a TSI hybrid would be okay, but I personally think the diesel would be a better long term solution.

By: marc

marc — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:45:30 +0000

Meanwhile as every Prius killer turns out to be nothing more than vaporware, Toyota keeps selling 15-20,000 per month while building the next more efficient model.

Good thing there was no BirthWatch on this pipedream.

By: joeaverage

joeaverage — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:04:05 +0000

They’re still building 70’s style VW vans (engine in the back) in South America. Wonder if I could drive mine down and one of the new ones back as if it is my old one… Technically that would be VIN swapping but the Brit sports cars guys do that and the aircraft guys do that and so on….

Just kidding…

By: John Williams

John Williams — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:43:56 +0000

They could probably start building the original Beetle again. That’s a model that our American pesos could afford. They’ve still got all the tooling somewhere down in Mexico right?

Current crash safety regs mean NO GO.

By: Bancho

Bancho — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:46:29 +0000

They could probably start building the original Beetle again. That’s a model that our American pesos could afford. They’ve still got all the tooling somewhere down in Mexico right?

By: M1EK

M1EK — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:21:25 +0000

That’s now, what, ten or is it eleven “Prius-killers” that have died on the vine (or even earlier)?

By: crc

crc — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:33:59 +0000

Can VW develop replacements for their suck ass service departments?

By: mxfive4

mxfive4 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:16:49 +0000

To give VW some credit – there have been improvements. The new Rabbit and Jetta do well by Consumer Reports.

By: Guzzi

Guzzi — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:02:49 +0000

Unless they can improve their perception of unreliability in the U.S., VW is irrelevant.

By: Sherman Lin

Sherman Lin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:40:49 +0000

Unless they can improve reliability then its all meaningless for VW here in the states.

By: chinar (of GM)

chinar (of GM) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:20:33 +0000

I think VW is doing the right thing. Their vehicles are currently priced out of the market and/or they are making a loss on them in the US

Extending this theme a bit, I believe there is a market for cheaper (less power, less content, less features) vehicles which still offer the smae reliability

The sales success of the “new” Focus is just such an example. The Euro Focus, though better, would have been more expensive and may not have sold as well.

Hyundai/Kia used to occupy this space. But they are moving rapidly upmarket now.

Maybe this could be the new place for Saturn – cheaper but just as reliable – rather than European tuned Chevy.

By: quasimondo

quasimondo — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:15:37 +0000

And so goes the dreams of a triple digit mpg society.