Comments on: 2011 Volkswagen Sharan spy pics

By: mad max

mad max — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:39:48 +0000

Maybe in America the retention rate is low. In the rest of the world its a different storey. VW have tripled their sales in Australia over the past 5 years and still growing. And thats with a fairly limited offering of vehicles. In Europe they are near the top of the sales lists. Oh and if you want to talk about “reliability” surveys, have a look at Mercedes worldwide as well as Holden and Ford in Australia. If you believed them you would never buy another one. But Holden and Ford are still going strong and Mercedes are still seen (rightfully so) as a great car brand.

By: greenroom

greenroom — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:08:35 +0000

Bad luck nothanks, my 06 TDI has never missed a beat either. Granted, its only done 88,000 kls, but it’s never needed a spanner on it expect for service. Out of interest, I got 82,000 kls out of the OE Goodyear NCT5′s too. Plus I get 4.8l / 100 between Sydney Melbourne. It’s really been a cost efficient car, so buzz off with all your muck.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:00:11 +0000

Chortle, chortle, chortle …

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:49:51 +0000

It didn’t shock me. It only made me laugh. You’re looking at an American website, which means zip. Americans don’t “get” Volkswagens, just like they don’t “get” Barry Humphries or cricket.

Okay, come clean, nothanks. Are you a Toyota stooge? Why all the bitterness? Do you come on here using other nicknames, or is your sole mission in life to infiltrate Volkswagen news stories everywhere with your twisted Americentric rant and survey “results”? I get it! You’re IN Amurrrrrrrica, you heard of someone who couldn’t get parts for their 17 year old Rabbit and you haven’t realised this is an Aussie website!

By: nothanks

nothanks — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:27:08 +0000

Visit this site..You guys will be shocked…

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2006/10/vw_looks_to_imp.html

By: nothanks

nothanks — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:25:07 +0000

VW’s owner retention is just at 29.3% but the industry average is 49.6%…What is the cause of poor owner retention? THE ANSWER IS DUE TO POOR REILAIBILTY….End of story…

Wake up guys… Do your research…!! Don’t be lazy!!!

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:07:30 +0000

Nothanks … only “proven” by unreliable surveys. Talk to actual owners.

And as for “until quite recently” my ’96 2.5litre T4 was an absolute pearler. As I mentioned above it had completed 220000ks. What I didn’t mention was that 40000 of that was towing a caravan (around 1.3 tonnes) and returned an average of 12.8 l/100Km for the 7 years of ownership.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:59:05 +0000

Nothanks … I, too, must have been lucky with my VW T4 (220000ks no major prob), Golf IV 1.6 (60000ks no probs at all), Passat V6 (current car, 55000ks and running beautifully)
As mentioned by other owners above, the services are a bit steep but the cars are breat to drive AND own.

On the other hand, my wife’s Echo is a POS and she is begging me to buy her a new Golf … and judging by comments above and speaking to other owners I think this will be the replacement (or possibly the new Polo).

By: nothanks

nothanks — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:26:46 +0000

I admit that the current model of VW cars are getting better in terms of reliability, but their reliability has been awful until quite recently. It is proven fact…so do not deny the fact!!

By: mad max

mad max — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:00:51 +0000

Relax, you own one of the best small cars built by any company worldwide. So does my wife. Goes well, habdles well, is quiet, comfortable and will be worth good money when its replaced. My only negative is the services are a bit steep but the money we save on fuel comparred to most cars in this category pretty well makes up for it. You made a good choice when buying the Golf.