In Your Opinion Has Volkswagen Turned The Corner As A Quality Player In The U.S.?

In Your Opinion Has Volkswagen Turned The Corner As A Quality Player In The U.S.?
Volkswagen thinks it's making strides in improving its image with U.S. consumers. And that's important since VW will be opening its first production plant in the U.S. in Chattanooga, Tenn., and has plans to sell 800,000 cars in the U.S. by 2018.

Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, said in a speech at the National Automobile Dealers that VW is making progress. The automaker was ranked 30th out of 36 in overall satisfaction in 2007 when he came to the job. By the next year, VW was 15th.

Now it's seventh.

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Agent009Agent009 - 2/15/2010 12:55:09 PM
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Refresh issues on my browser "led led" to that. Thanks for the "catch catch"


upwardsupwards - 2/15/2010 11:42:22 AM
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No vw still has issues and are not a first automaker in the minds of buyers Toyota Honda ford of Chevy


pennfootballpennfootball - 2/15/2010 12:58:52 PM
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No VW still has recalcitrant electronic issues, poor quality bushings and bending suspensions and wheels. Plus the DSG doesn't particularly like cold weather as it uses oiled wet clutches and the gearbox has a lot of quircky reliable issues ranging from blown Tranny ECU's and other software related glitches. Das Auto ain't ready fro Prime time plus they are over priced, over engineered and not enough GO Baby Go power for the money IMHO!


klipprandklipprand - 2/15/2010 1:36:01 PM
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yes - making steady improvement in long term reliability and initial quality - top 10 is a good place to be


BondMI6BondMI6 - 2/15/2010 2:14:11 PM
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Not yet- it'll take more than the Passat CC and a few "My Fast" commercials to be a major player here in the states. But as they strive to achieve this their quality should improve......


thstonethstone - 2/15/2010 5:17:16 PM
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No. No way.


delandelan - 2/16/2010 12:06:52 AM
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Ah yes, touche! But I'm also concerned about how much time is spent in the mechanic's shop where thousands have to be shelled out to fix a brand new car. And that my friend, is not a myth, nor is it a subjective opinion.


wins555wins555 - 2/16/2010 1:25:53 AM
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Nope!


XYZZXYZZ - 2/16/2010 5:53:53 AM
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"The automaker was ranked 30th out of 36 in overall satisfaction in 2007 when he came to the job. By the next year, VW was 15th."


and it will be 15 years before the majority of consumers will BELIEVE vw has made this much progress.

CR publishes reliability records going back eight model years.

when 3 yr. old VWs are no longer WORSE than 8 - 10 yr. old toyotas, and maintain that record for 8 years, people MAY consider them.


XYZZXYZZ - 2/20/2010 5:05:21 PM
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toyota has always been highly profitable because they manage inventory control better than anyone else.

they have traditionally had only 20 - 30 days' inventory on dealer lots; on high demand models, even less, with waiting lists.

in contrast, many other brands have 40 - 60+ days. and even more than a whole YEAR'S worth for models few to no one really want to buy.


LexSucksLexSucks - 2/16/2010 2:26:33 PM
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No they will not be the main qaulity player. That title has, and always will belong to Toyota.

The Passat CC pictured looks really nice, If it didn't perform like a 4 cylinder Honda Accord I would have purchased one.


EpikEpik - 2/17/2010 8:16:05 PM
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VW has to work on their reliability first. It's not just a bad rep, people are thinking they've changed and buying the cars only to discover they really do spend lots of time at the dealers.
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