Delivery blow out

[Stoney!]

Maybe VW should prioritise on orders at the moment to get people their cars quickley and not pump out so many stock cars to sit around dealers. Orders are a guaranteed sale and generally the people who order are more likely to get unhappy over the lack of stock/delayed orders than walk ins would be. If they prioritised on orders they might be able to get people their cars in 2 - 3 months, whether they are walk ins or not... I got my 118tsi in 3 months from order 18 months ago!

Stoney!

[Serge]

Maybe VW should prioritise on orders at the moment to get people their cars quickley

Actually, thats exactly what they are doing.

[Stoney!]

Well clearly it sounds like they need to expand their manufacturing facilities (not to mention pick up quality and reliability) before they lose a lot of customers....

Stoney!

[gavs]

Stoney, just as a heads up, VGA have invested something to the tune of 50 BILLION Euro into building new factories because all of their existing ones are already at maximum capacity. The other issue they are facing is that the stock to actually build cars is running dry, there were some rumours recently that they had actually run out of 1.4TSI engines for cars going down the line so they had to hault production.

The issues you are speaking of were the ones I was trying to find answers to some months back regarding contacting head office in WOlfsburg. Now, I had quite a bit of negative people getting involved, not that I care because they can all wait for the next year, no skin of my nose. What I did find out is that VGA is basically an importer and reseller. Cars don't get delivered until they can fill an order, but these orders are based on the projections submitted by VGA in sydney, which once again, they screwed up. If you want something done, don't even bother with VW locally because they have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on. Your dealer knows more than they do! Contact VAG directly in Wolfsburg, they know of the problem already.

[GTI JOE]

based on the projections submitted by VGA

Those projections, as has been mentioned time and time again, were made by trained monkeys in space suits...real brainiacs

Apologies to all our simeon brothers

[pologti18t]

The issues you are speaking of were the ones I was trying to find answers to some months back regarding contacting head office in WOlfsburg. Now, I had quite a bit of negative people getting involved, not that I care because they can all wait for the next year, no skin of my nose. What I did find out is that VGA is basically an importer and reseller. Cars don't get delivered until they can fill an order, but these orders are based on the projections submitted by VGA in sydney, which once again, they screwed up. If you want something done, don't even bother with VW locally because they have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on. Your dealer knows more than they do! Contact VAG directly in Wolfsburg, they know of the problem already.

How is this much different to any other car importer?
As said before VGA is to blame for this mess by offering far too many options/combinations for any particular model for a market that is tiny. This makes it risky/impossible to make forwards estimates on what stock is needed.

VW America provides far fewer options for the imported Golf models and most are bundled in the Autobahn pack.

Guess what, that's what the japanese do here. Even Merc and BMW provide most of the desireable options in a pack (eg Executive pack on BMWs). It makes ordering floor stock far easier.

[Corey_R]

And yet if I wanted my 135i as I wanted it... I had a, holy crap... 6 month wait!
You're right.... it's no different to any other company who gives you the option to order what you want

[themmc]

Guess what, that's what the japanese do here. Even Merc and BMW provide most of the desireable options in a pack (eg Executive pack on BMWs). It makes ordering floor stock far easier.

I agree with you.

And Peugeot - both Peugeots I have the only Peugeot option ordered was the colour. Otherwise it was just tinting by the dealer. Whereas with VW they nickle-and-dime you through the options selection. The matrix of options and models is just huge and it means it's less likely for customers to be happy with the option-less floor stock.

[pologti18t]

Whereas with VW they nickle-and-dime you through the options selection. The matrix of options and models is just huge and it means it's less likely for customers to be happy with the option-less floor stock.

And yet the stupid situation is that buyers have to order and wait for a base spec Polo GTI!!!

Maybe VW should only bring in base spec vehicles unless specifically ordered by someone

[GTI JOE]

There is still a major problem with all this speculation.....ALLOCATIONS! Australia gets bugger-all