Exactly, it's absolutely insane: University VW (in Seattle) confirmed there are no new '05 TDI Passat wagons West of the Rockies, and only "a few" left East of 'em; this is in the US, however - North of the border, I easily found three Vancouver, BC area dealers each with multiple '05 TDI Passat Wagons in stock! The most plausible hypothesis I hear consistently is that they underestimated US demand, can't meet it, and want to make sure they keep their existing TDI customers in the rest of the world happy, so we get the short end of the stick. Bummer for us, and poor planning on their part, but I can't say as I blame 'em.
DG --- Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I'm really outta the loop here, I thought > they were going to > ramp up tdi sales throughout the model range, given > their increasing > popularity. Seems silly to nix the new Passat tdi, > which by all > accounts is a stellar vehicle. > > On 8/30/05, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 12:50:27PM -0700, Richard > Hattaway wrote: > > > They are classic performers. Underappreciated, > for sure. Probably > > > because they have fields and fields of unsold > cars in Mexico now, and > > > TDI is a niche market. I bet they want to > concentrate on getting > > > inventory down a bit. > > > > This, of course, being a less cynical answer. And > to answer Casey's question, > > dealers have mentioned it, and it's been the buzz > in the TDI community for > > a while. > > -- > Casey > Olympia, WA > Biodiesel: > '87 300TD intercooler (208k) > '84 300D (203k) > Gashuffer: > '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (185K) > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
