NAC! Re: Passat 2001.5

[Lawrence C Leung]

Went back to the dealer today to test drive (didn't call ahead as I
forgot, so I only had a FWD one for now) one and I asked specifically
WILL GLS V6's be availible in the future (up to one year) with 4-motion?
He said, "No, they USED to be availible that way, but VWoA decided not to
do that anymore." I commented how VW has just abandoned the $25k - $30k
market for AWD sedans/wagons to Subaru. His comment, "There's enough
people who want German cars that can't afford Audi (hah, I noticed he
didn't mention BMW nor Mercedes) so they'll buy the GLX instead."  Team
Doorhandle meets Team Public Relations.........

LL - NY

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:22:57  "Chris Dyer" <chrisdyer at hotmail.com>
writes:
>Dealer's on crack. I checked w/vwvortex, vw.com, carpoint.com (by fake 
>
>ordering one) and edmunds.com.  Either vw's press, web and marketing 
>teams 
>are all wrong, or the dealer is.
>
>I'm guessing the dealer didn't order, or wasn't allotted, any gls 
>4mo's. Or 
>perhaps they won't be available for a few weeks/months.
>
>Maybe you're asking the wrong question ;) :
>
>you:  are there any gls's w/4motion?
>him:  nope
>you:  are you sure?!
>him:  yes
>*click*
>him:  guy wanted to know if we had any gls's w/4motion.
>
>
>>From: Lawrence C Leung <l.leung at juno.com>
>>To: chrisdyer at hotmail.com
>>CC: quattro at audifans.com
>>Subject: Re: NAC! Re: Passat 2001.5
>>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 22:17:16 -0500
>>
>>Actually I KNOW that 4-motion was availible on V6 GLX AND GLS in 
>2000/1.
>>For 2001.5  the web and brouchure both say this remains the same, but 
>the
>>local dealer denies it (being availible on the GLS with V6). THIS is 
>what
>>I'm trying to determine. If VW really only offers 4 motion on the 
>GLX,
>>they've totally abandoned the under 30K AWD market. I've meant to 
>call
>>the VW Customer Service line, but haven't had the time. The VW web 
>site
>>doesn't have any way to e-mail questions.
>>
>>LL - NY
>>
>>On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:49:21  "Chris Dyer" <chrisdyer at hotmail.com>
>>writes:
>> >False (check w/vwvortex.com, vw.com or Car & Driver). Is also
>> >available on
>> >GLS.  It may be that dealer only has that in inventory?  Or just
>> >doesn't
>> >know? (2001.5's; 2001's he'd be right.)
>> >
>> >
>> >>From: Lawrence C Leung <l.leung at juno.com>
>> >>To: quattro at audifans.com
>> >>Subject: Re: Passat 2001.5
>> >>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:21:44 -0500
>> >>
>> >>Okay,
>> >>
>> >>More confusion here. Dealer again claims on the "new" Passat
>> >(2001.5)
>> >>that 4-motion is only availible on GLX models. Anyone know where 
>I
>> >can
>> >>confirm this?
>> >>
>> >>LL - NY
>> >
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