Feb 15

Volkswagen joins move to cut car prices… a little bit!

Tag: Consumers, Lawrence Cannon, Volkswagen — Robert Lamb @ 4:44 am

volks.jpgVolkswagen follows Toyota moves to cut MRSPs to meet the challenge of our rising Canadian Dollar, but is it enough!    

The distinctive Volkswagen New Beetle, on display at the Toronto auto show, now carries a suggested retail price of $21,975, a 3.5 per cent decrease.   Editors note: This is the picture that accompanied the article?  Looks rather “sloppy” to us.  What does that say for the content.

Among its cuts, Volkswagen said it would reduce the MSRP of the Rabbit five-door version by $700, or 3.2 per cent, to $20,975; the Jetta A5 sedan by $1,500, or 6.3 per cent, to $21,975; the Passat 2.0T sedan by $3,500, or 11.2 per cent, to $27,475; and the Touareg 2 V-8 luxury sport utility vehicle by $5,800, or 9 per cent, to $58,975.

Here is the article:    2008-02-14torontostar.pdf

We are all glad to see this movement but do you really think it is enough!   Can you fool the Canadian Automobile Consumer? 

Stay Tuned, find out what Transport Canada does to help the car makers maintain their unequal prices!

3 Responses to “Volkswagen joins move to cut car prices… a little bit!”

  1. CAD says:
    February 15th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    Token gesture just so they can advertise that they are recognizing the strong Canadian
    dollar. Really, just a smoke and mirror show.

  2. Roger Delorme says:
    February 17th, 2008 at 12:03 am

    When I purchased my new 2008 GMC pickup in November of 2007, I noticed on the contract there were no
    PRE-DELIVERY CHARGES included on the contract. I asked the salesman where the charge was listed,
    he stated that General motors Pay there dealership to do this service. Why are the Canadian dealers
    charging us for this service when GM pays them to do it?????????? Could this be just another form
    of easy profit at our expence and also a way of reclaiming some of the so so discounts they give us
    when we buy from them???????? Couls somebody at GM Canada answer that question?????? Fat chance I say.

  3. lester says:
    February 25th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    token gesture indeed , i still figure around 4k difference for a base jetta . thanks vw for recognizing the strength of our cdn dollar .