Golf Mark VI NOT COMING to North America!

[Kor]

"Germany's Spiegel Online is reporting that currency concerns will force Volkswagen to not sell the upcoming Mk VI Golf in the United States, Brazil, and Australia. It all boils down to profitability, and it appears that the forthcoming Golf simply cannot be sold in our market (or Brazil or Australia) in the current economic climate without falling short of VW's targets. Thus, Spiegel reports that VW boss Martin Winterkorn told a meeting of the board that the next Golf won't make an appearance here in the States, period."

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/15/r...not-u-s-bound/

[Duby T]

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I wonder if this will open the door for the Lupo or Polo?

Noth America is starting to move towards economy cars more and more.

[R_Ethug]

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the new scirroco will just replace it

i have a hard time beleiving they won't sell a GTI tho..

[Kor]

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I would say from what I have read the Scirocco is not coming either...

[calgarydub]

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So uhh... What new vw's will be released here?

[Khyron]

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We got the mk5s several years late. The mk5 has a reliable reputation and holds up quite nicely against the competition (the GTI is STILL top bang for buck in it's price range IMO).

In a market where VW is struggling to regain a reputation I don't blame them one bit for not rocking the boat. Hell, we only just got the Jetta wagon.

[Kor]

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Yeah by the looks of things they will carry the MkV through and we will just have that for a long time.

[RONDAL]

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to be honest im not surprised. given how late the mk5 showed up, and the varients of it that were spun off in the city series...they will be around for a few more years

[bart]

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kris didnt you say a long time ago the mkvi was supposed to be better and much cheaper to make than the mkv?? so....

[Kor]

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kris didnt you say a long time ago the mkvi was supposed to be better and much cheaper to make than the mkv?? so....

Yeah that is what I read, but I guess economic climates have changed, the currency differences are not so favorable for VW and that is causing a big problem?

[Red90]

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I'm sure we'll get the VI after the VII is out. I'm quite sure the Germans get a lot of internal satisfaction knowing that we only get old cars that they don't sell locally any more.

[Kor]

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VW of America RESPONDS to these allegations!!

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/17/v...ng-to-the-u-s/

Coming FALL 2009

[bart]

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next fall already?? its not even out in europe yet...

[RONDAL]

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HERNDON, Virginia — Volkswagen of America said it is proceeding with plans to launch the next-generation Golf hatchback in the U.S. in fall 2009, contradicting widespread reports in the European press that the German automaker planned to pull the car — sold here as the Rabbit — from the U.S. market because unfavorable exchange rates have slashed margins.

Reports in such respected European publications as Germany's Der Spiegel and Britain's Financial Times said VW likely would not sell the next-generation Golf in North America.

But VW of America spokesman Steve Keyes, contacted Tuesday by Inside Line, said in an e-mail: "We are currently planning the new Golf VI and GTI introduction for the fall of next year. The estimated volumes are already included in our 2009 financials."

Citing sources close to VW Chairman Martin Winterkorn, Der Spiegel reported that VW would not place the new Golf, which is due to make its world debut at the Paris auto show in October, on sale in the U.S. due to concerns over currency-exchange rates and the depressed state of the North American economy.

With the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the euro holding well above the $1.50 mark, VW's marketing strategists didn't see much chance of the new hatchback contributing to profitability, according to Der Spiegel.

In recent years, VW had been prepared to sell the Golf at very slim margins in the U.S. as a means of generating volume. A number of Golf/Rabbit models bound for North America, Australia and Brazil have been sourced out of VW's South African manufacturing plant as a means of offsetting the high value of the euro.

In a related move, VW is hoping its fortunes in the U.S. will be boosted by a new midsize model to go up against the likes of the Honda Civic sedan. The new car, masterminded by VW's former boss, Wolfgang Bernhard, is due out before the end of the decade and could go into a new U.S. assembly plant.

What this means to you: VW still has plenty of time to change its mind, but it's difficult to imagine how the company would explain the sudden absence of the Rabbit to U.S. loyalists. — Andreas Stahl and Paul Lienert, Correspondents

[turbomeyers]

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WHAT THEY DONT PUT INTO THERE CALCULATORS IS SALES OF PARTS FOR THESE CARS AFTER THE ARE OUT OF WARRENT . THAT IS WHERE THEIR PROFITS ARE ...oops capslock