Are you still selling 2.0tdi cars from VW group?

[j4ck100 12]

Interested to know if any of you guys have seen a dropoff in interest on the diesel models affected at all? Do you think it will hit residual values & deprecation ? 

[Steve92 80]

I think they will still sell. People brought them just because they were vw's in the first place so I cannot see how the emissions will affect genuine people it will be the compensation seeking vultures that will want something out of it. There are already legal teams doing the rounds on Facebook.

[Cornish Guy 45]

I think the bigger problem will be the reluctance to have them "corrected" by the dealerships. Possible loss of performance and reduced fuel economy after the visit to the dealership!

[Edward Roots 1]

I spoke to a guy last week, he just specialises in selling late plate VAG group stuff. He said that before the scandal he had managed to retail 4 in the previous week, which isn't bad considering he only stocks around 10 and works on appointment only. Now his phone hasn't rang for a few days, I know this could just be coincidence but he seemed quite worried. If used VAG prices drop it will also end up pulling the margins out the cars he has in stock.  

[James Bush 95]

I had a customer wanting to art exchange a Fabia VRS yesterday, rang up my local VAG specialist that normally pays very good money for clean VAG stock and he just isn't buying because his enquiries have all but stopped, even his service work has slowed down.

It doesn't help that all the news talks about is recalls that will make your car less efficient and more to tax and VW group removing cars from sale

[Rory RSC 596]

Probably not the best time to have an A4 and 5 Octavias in stock. 

 

 

[Phil H 124]

The press and other bodies will try and talk down the fact that values will suffer as no one wants to see such a good brand falter away, but deliberately deceiving your dealer network and your loyal customers for greed rather than profit will damage them until they've rectified their mistake and made sure no one is out of pocket regardless as to when or where the vehicle was bought from. I've read reports that they new about it years ago and made a decision to use the software to save $355 dollars per vehicle. 

IMHO the short term panic and uncertainty will cause the values to fall until such a time as you can pick up a golf for the price of an astra and every car involved has been rectified then demand will increase and prices will start to rise again but will take a long time to get back to over book prices being paid for these models. The product is still a very good one and VW will learn from their mistakes, bounce back from it and hopefully lead the way for transparency in the industry. 

let this be a lesson to other big corporations in the motor trade (not mentioning anyone in particular but a few spring to mind) put your customers first before greed for your shareholders and the profit will come naturally for a long time to come. Your overheads are massive and how long can you ride the waves with a dwindling income before you join the likes of Ratners the jewelers.   

[j4ck100 12]

The press and other bodies will try and talk down the fact that values will suffer as no one wants to see such a good brand falter away, but deliberately deceiving your dealer network and your loyal customers for greed rather than profit will damage them until they've rectified their mistake and made sure no one is out of pocket regardless as to when or where the vehicle was bought from. I've read reports that they new about it years ago and made a decision to use the software to save $355 dollars per vehicle. 

IMHO the short term panic and uncertainty will cause the values to fall until such a time as you can pick up a golf for the price of an astra and every car involved has been rectified then demand will increase and prices will start to rise again but will take a long time to get back to over book prices being paid for these models. The product is still a very good one and VW will learn from their mistakes, bounce back from it and hopefully lead the way for transparency in the industry. 

let this be a lesson to other big corporations in the motor trade (not mentioning anyone in particular but a few spring to mind) put your customers first before greed for your shareholders and the profit will come naturally for a long time to come. Your overheads are massive and how long can you ride the waves with a dwindling income before you join the likes of Ratners the jewelers.   

sorry but I disagree this will never get to the stage that golfs are the same money as astra's 

[Phil H 124]

sorry but I disagree this will never get to the stage that golfs are the same money as astra's 

I hope not too jack but I think the longer it goes on until a lid is put on it values will suffer along with consumer confidence, as soon as a plan is in place to rectify the issue and all those affected compensated prices will start to rise again

[Cornish Guy 45]

Everybody is missing the point.

The Germans have now got to find another way to bail out the Greek economy!