Are You Interested? Volkswagen To Give Dealers First Shot At Selling Repaired Diesels

Volkswagen will give its dealers first rights to acquire hundreds of thousands of repaired diesel vehicles returned through their stores under recalls stemming from the company's diesel emissions scandal, brand leaders said here last week.

Hinrich Woebcken, head of the VW's North America region, said the company is awaiting approval from regulators allowing the earliest recalled VW turbodiesels to be resold to consumers. Regulators have approved the fix, but have not given the green light to return them to dealers to repair and resell.

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MDarringer - 9/5/2017 8:23:11 AM

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This is the WORST thing VW could do i.e. to sell the products that are a symbol of their criminal behavior. Even if they reduced the price by the depreciation hit that VWs take, you're still stuck with a high-maintenance machine that now no longer has the performance of the cheater dirty diesel. VW is either stupid or arrogant or more likely stupidly arrogant.

mre30 - 9/5/2017 11:46:21 AM

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Someone has to sell them...might as well be VW.

If VW was smart, they would have a special CPO warrany for ALL of them out to 7 years unlimited mileage.

At least in the Northeast, I'd say a high percentage of former VW diesel owners would want one (and would run to the dealers to do so). I know 10 VW/Audi 3.0 TDI owners who very reluctantly (well, the cash helped) turned in their TDI's to the dealer for the buyback. To this day, they say how great they were.

If VW handles this well, it would be a brillant customer service and customer loyalty move. Now..will they handle it well?

Also, people want what the can't have - so I disagree with MD and think they will do well and also hold onto some customers.

mre30 - 9/5/2017 11:48:31 AM

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I am on the list at two local Porsche dealers for when the Cayenne diesels are back in stock from the repair shop for my kid to drive.

2014/15 Cayenne diesels will be the used car buys of the century.

hangtime010 - 9/5/2017 9:23:24 AM

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I'm sure there is still a lot of demand for diesel cars.
If they are able to get close to the fuel economy that they claimed before the fix, I'd be interested.
The German diesels has always been very durable and there's no reason to think that perform any different.
I just wonder what the dealerships will price these at?

MDarringer - 9/5/2017 6:37:03 PM

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To all the TDI fanboys: Maybe your should offer $5K over list to make sure you get your hands on a 2-model-year-old TDI.

atc98092 - 9/5/2017 5:53:01 PM

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If I wanted another sedan, I'd jump on another Passat TDI. I only sold mine back because the offer was too good to pass up. I'd absolutely consider a Q5 TDI, but the 3.0 situation isn't as far along as the 2.0. Don't know when they will be available again.