With the bottom falling out of the U.S. new car market, most automakers are scrambling to find ways to move excess inventory. General Motors has already announced that it will be extending its employee pricing event through September – which will now include most 2009 models – and now Volkswagen has announced that its 2008 models will be available with zero percent financing.
VW’s announcement comes as a bit of a surprise at the German automaker actually didn’t fair too badly during the month of August. However, the ’09 models are currently on their way to VW dealerships throughout the country, so it’s probably more of a ploy on VW’s part to clear out the 2008 models rather than to prop up sales.
The duration of the zero percent financing varies from vehicle to vehicle, but some models will be available with up to 60 month financing.
09/04, 12:51 PM
posted by:
6ix
Too bad this doesn’t include the CC. That thing is gorgeous.
09/04, 1:13 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Funny, that’s exactly where I’m at when it comes to buying a new VW: zero percent interest.
09/04, 1:37 PM
posted by:
6ix
Nice one, Johnny. That was funny. I actually poked around on their website to see if anything sparked my interest. Not really, aside from the GTI.
09/04, 1:37 PM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
What you save on financing you’ll make up for in repair bills. For every POS VW out there, there is a superior GM product that people should be buying. No reason to send your money back to these German pricks when you should be doing the American thing and buying home grown products.
09/04, 2:32 PM
posted by:
HoosierHero
Not if it’s supporting American pricks like you…
09/04, 5:21 PM
posted by:
maximus2
i just bought a GTI because of this. 0% 6 yrs – nice deal.
09/04, 10:00 PM
posted by:
VWgrouP
Pfft, VW is WAY better than GM..Any European, or Asian made car is better than this North American crap.
Although some N.A. car manufactuers are brining out better quality, and better looking cars.
But I still have no Intrest in them. And VW’s quality have gotten better over the past few years.
Im exited for the CC aswell, its goign to be epic.
09/05, 12:39 AM
posted by:
maxcar
i’d buy the worst quality german car before i bought a gm product, and i’d still come out a winner, hands down.
09/05, 12:41 AM
posted by:
olds307
Now if they can just make some decent bolts to put their cars together with……
09/05, 12:48 AM
posted by:
olds307
VWs are all flash and no quality! The exteriors look nice, the interiors are nice and they drive pretty well,,,,,,,, but once you get into the mechanics of them they suck…. allen head screws holding down the intake that rust then are the heads strip…… where they actually use bolts, they have shallow head that tools cam out of easily…. theyre make of soft metal that feel like they’re stripping out when yout torquing them down…… spark plugs are almost impossible to get to without taking the intake off….. poor quality hoses… no big deal but some are dealer items that are EXPENSIVE…… the water housing eventually leaks on every one of them, etc etc etc…. oh they couldn’t put a 3/8 square drive hole in the tensioner to move it, they have a 15mm square sticking out the top for a standard open end wrench… the kind that could slip off while your routing the belt….. something impossible to happen 3/8 drive square hole, such as the ones such “poor quality” automakers such as GM and Ford been using for years!!!
09/06, 1:25 AM
posted by:
VWgrouP
I agree with maxcar