[Vwdiesel] Passat TDI sales

[Nate Wall]

About a week ago I saw a Passat TDI w/ temp tags on it
at about 7:00 a.m., so it was not a test drive, in
Northern Virginia.

--Nate
--- Hayden Chasteen <dieseltdi at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Went by the dealer tonight to pick up the
> registration and license for 
> the Passat and ask him how sales were going in the 2
> week since they 
> got the first 5 (mine was first one sold).  They
> sold all 5 of the 
> first group, received 5 more and have sold all of
> those.  One is still 
> sitting in the showroom waiting for the loan to go
> through but it is 
> already sold.  Of the 10 cars, 8 were sedans either
> GL or GLS and the 
> other two were wagons, one GL and one GLS.  If every
> other dealer is 
> doing this well it sure indicates that there has
> been a pent up market 
> for a full size car with a diesel engine.  BTW I
> will try to get a 
> picture of the engine tomorrow during daylight hours
> with out the 
> plastic sound shield so that everyone can peruse it.
>  Looks very 
> similar to the 1.9 PD but in a longitudinal layout. 
> hayden
> 
> Visit my website at 
> www.home.earthlink.net/~dieseltdi
> Proud owner of:
> 2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 136 HP, 247
> lb/ft of torque, Blue 
> Graphite, Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
> 1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust,
> K&N Filter, propane 
> dual fuel system, 109K+ miles, and running
> biodiesel)
> 1981 Rabbit Pickup ( with a freshly rebuilt turbo
> engine), Will burn 
> biodiesel and WVO with a propane injection system.
> One, yet to be finished, Caddy trailer (the back end
> of the truck that 
> gave its life to my just completed Rabbit Pickup).
> And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11
> Beetles total), to 
> Vans (5), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1), Jettas (5),
> Passat (1), Dasher 
> (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit Pickups (3) most now
> gone but not 
> forgotten.
> 
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