Comments on: U.S.-spec VW Tiguan TDI plans delayed, possibly canceled

By: Seabass11

Seabass11 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:29:00 +0000

I believe in the fuel efficiency and overall capability of diesel but between the premiums you pay for the engine and at the pump, they just don’t seem cost effective

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:18:54 +0000

LLN removed my anti-oil company post which was a very clean post. Gotta wonder why.

By: A4

A4 — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:45:13 +0000

umm what VW vehicle is overpriced?

By: xyunya

xyunya — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:41:55 +0000

johnnycanuck, this is not easy even for Chrysler. The diesel Chrysler sources from M-B is expensive, so the price of vehicle goes up. They use to drop VM-Motori 4 cylinder into Liberty (Italian job), but GM signed VM to produce line of diesels for them, so relatively small factory will be busy. I never believed that VW can certify 4 cylinder diesel per new CAFE regulation. For crying out loud, they share one gasoline 4 cylinder engine between both divisions (VW and Audi). They don’t have that great engine design capabilities any longer. 5 cylinder engine in cheapest car (and not all that great output of 170 hp) is not sign of industrial creativity. It clear that VW would love to have a cheaper 4 cylinder engine and compete with Asian and American brands on price, but it cant.

By: Get Real

Get Real — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:26:18 +0000

Some suspect high diesel prices is to make this happen.
Oil company.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:18:55 +0000

In a roundabout way this is good for Chrysler as it leaves the Liberty and Grand Cherokee diesel alone in the non-behemoth SUV sweepstakes. They should stuff it in the nose of the Patriot while they’re at it.

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:24:22 +0000

When has the fear of overpricing ever stopped VW before?

By: Stinky007

Stinky007 — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:03:21 +0000

Diesels are already overpriced in Europe, where one can expect to pay about 1000 Euros (~1500USD) more for a diesel than a similar gas engine. People argue that the car is more economical so the difference will probably be recovered after some miles, but the truth is more complex than that. This might be true if you do not consider the fact that diesel engines have shorter service intervals. Also, each trip to the service will cost more than on a gas engine, even double in some cases. All in all, it’s very hard to quantify the amount of MONEY saved from buying a diesel, if ANY.

By: A4

A4 — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:44:21 +0000

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:19:29 +0000

VW is probably right about the price of diesel driving customers away. Who cares if it gets 30% better mileage… diesel is gonna be $6/gal when gas hits $5.

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:39:45 +0000

VW has a super bad habit of stripping content from US spec vehicles, or just not offering good models at all (Manual R32, Scirocco). And they need to realize that is a bad way to run their business if they ever hope to regain market share that they gave away over the last 5 years.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:35:21 +0000

Maybe because they cant screw customers for a diesel engine.