The Buzz Is Gone As VW Quietly Halts Production | Carscoops
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I liked the look, but it cost twice as much as I care to spend.
Is there any other source that backs up this headline, because the article it’s attached to clearly doesn’t.
Temporary line shutdowns like this are fairly common in the automotive industry, just ask anyone from Detroit. An adjustment to meet demand does not mean the line is canceled and everything is doom.
4 day shutdown to tweak production line.
Which is ambiguous.
For example, when Detroit or other American plants are retooling for another model, the shutdown is typically longer and it’s announced ahead of time what they’re shifting production to.
This article contains a lot of personal opinions on the vehicle (which I agree is overpriced for the market), but the only fact in the article is that the plant will shut down for four days. The headline could be correct, but it’s not backed up by the information in the article.
Thats a real shame, someone in my town bought one, I really like it. It was in the running for the next car, but I guess that's out.
Read the article, it’s a 4 day shutdown.
And the totals fell well short of goals, so they are going to slow production substantially, which can lead to it just getting killed off.
I'm not looking to buy a vehicle that will be out of production soon.
You shouldn't make assumptions so quickly.
They're only pausing production for four days.
See my other comment.
That changes nothing given the context of sales falling drastically short of goals.
It’s simply way too expensive. The originally was successful because it was cheap.
They could get the costs down if they wanted to. The auto industry in the west is addicted to high profit luxury cars, trucks, and SUVs.
It's like they didn't understand the appeal of the original vw bus.
Starting price of $61,500 USD. Ha! Insanity.
It's selling pretty good in norway. https://elbil.no/firehjulstrekk-og-1800-kilo-pa-kroken/
Right? People don't want to basically take out a mortgage for a vehicle. It's stupid.
I have 1/4th the same proportional wealth of my parents' generation.
If cars aren't 1/4th the proportional price from when they were my age, then I can't afford a car.
Living paycheck to paycheck, the only car I can see myself affording is after getting a loan for something less than $15k. I honestly don't think I can ever pay off something more expensive than that, and I can't go into debt before I have a chance to get a home loan that I will have a way harder time with.