REALLY!? Volkswagen Caught In Yet ANOTHER Scandal! Over 6,000 Pre-production Vehicles Sold ILLEGALLY...

...When the test period for a preproduction vehicle is done, manufacturers are supposed to scrap these cars so that they don't get into the hands of the public, since the government didn't technically approve them for sale. Volkswagen, it would seem, never heard about that last part, according to a report by the German newspaper Handelsblatt.

Volkswagen managed to sell 6,700 preproduction or test vehicles to consumers between 2006 and 2018, the bulk of which were in Germany. Volkswagen representatives confirmed this to Roadshow, also adding that the company recalled 252 such vehicles in the US back in May. These included 2012-2016 Eos, 2012 Passat, 2012-2016 CC, 2015 e-Golf, 2011-2015 Touareg, 2012-2015 Tiguan, and 2011-2016 Golf and 2011-2013 GTI models according to NHTSA...
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MDarringer - 12/12/2018 8:11:44 PM

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Having seen pre-production cars versus production cars, sometimes the difference is surprisingly apparent. This is an unfortunate development.

carsnyc - 12/12/2018 8:37:20 PM

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I am such an auto aficionado that it is hard for me to wholly denigrate a car or brand but VW is really becoming an exception. What amount of caca this company has become.

vdiv - 12/12/2018 9:38:41 PM

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Which company hasn't?

MDarringer - 12/12/2018 11:14:50 PM

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TVR

skytop - 12/12/2018 10:49:33 PM

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Classic car auctions have lots of GM's 'escaped' pre-production 'test' cars. They were supposed to be crushed but are now on sale at the high line car auctions.

MDarringer - 12/12/2018 11:15:09 PM

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Well then go to Germany and buy up Tiguans.

bushdagreat123 - 12/13/2018 8:26:10 AM

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Same as in Japan they sell the cars to auctions house like USS Sapporo & Autoworld Intenational
http://autoworldjapan.com/

MDarringer - 12/13/2018 8:13:03 AM

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They need more hydration and fiber then. A clean poo chute is a happy poop chute.

bushdagreat123 - 12/13/2018 8:14:04 AM

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I want to buy Volkswagen Golf from Japan auction and used car dealers can anyone help me, or do any 1 have an idea to bid and ship the vehicle from Japan to Sri Lanka, below is the car I am looking to purchase

http://autoworldjapan.com/

mre30 - 12/13/2018 9:47:42 AM

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The overall shoddy quality of VW products sometimes makes it hard to tell the difference between pre-production and production line vehicles, so I can see how the confusion arose.

Every VW I have driven in since 2005 has always had a screw or piece of plastic rolling around in the footwell - and that includes a colleagues' 2005 Phaeton and most recently a 2015 GTI.

PUGPROUD - 12/13/2018 12:17:00 PM

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Nothing coming out of VW would surprise me. You have an uncompromising demanding Germanic management culture in crisis under siege from both external pressures and internal strife while trying to right the ship.