Comments on: Volkswagen tops Toyota as world’s largest vehicle producer

By: Car fanatic

Car fanatic — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:20:46 +0000

* Yawn*

By: TY

TY — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:14:30 +0000

volkswagen is a piece of sh**it. i agree with Jamison’s comment 100% if toyota wanted to sell you a corolla for 75 grand and charge three grand for a rearview mirror they could.but they dont. they cut back their production and all these VW fans go up in a TIZZY. enjoy your short time in the sun fellas.

By: TY

TY — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:47:54 +0000

Cant believe you are actually defending that Korean heap of CRAP Hyundai against TOYOTA – TOYOTA atleast has the balls and the cash to build an F1 team from ground up and keep it there for 8 years. i can confidently say HYUNDAI will never achieve that feat

By: Harley Stone

Harley Stone — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:39:17 +0000

Volkswagon tops Toyota. So what ?
I’D never buy a Volkswagen – and i tell you the reason why.
Volkswagons are posers. Shiny outside and inside, but no long-term
quality at all. In their mother country Germany the best Volkswagon
ranks at 22 in the quality statistics ( the van ), the Golf at No. 38
the Passat shares rank 58 with the Touran. After 100.000 km’s they are
all scrap, technically, and that’s what counts. Chrome wont bring me
home, blingbling neither. Volkswagons are not reliable.

By: Mazdaman

Mazdaman — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:33:42 +0000

you might want to check out the Elantra LPG hybrid launched in Korea and the new R Diesels out now in the Kia sorento.
Toyota (and VW and everyone else) has some serious competition on their hands.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:21:25 +0000

Realcars – If you believe Hyundai Diesel Tech is leaving Toyota behind then quite frankly, you are kidding yourself. However, Hyundai has virtually no hybrid programme at all.

On the otherhand, Toyota diesel engines have long been proven throughout the world for many generations to be amoung the most reliable, dependable and durable the market has available and are used by the ‘millions’ by Tradies, Farmers, Heavy Industries, Mines and 4WD enthusiasts everyday of the year.

Are Hyundai’s … NO – pretty much limited to regular use in passeneger cars only.

What more is there to say.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:10:15 +0000

Realcars – if you believe your dribble then it is crystal clear you know very little about cars, if anything at all. VW (German) electronic reliability … mmm !!

When has VW ever topped a Quality / Customer Satisfaction Survey … never !!

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:12:31 +0000

I agree as long as the VW you are buying isn’t built in South Africa. Because if it is I’m affraid according to reports from US and Aussie GTI owners who drive SA built cars, you will be extremely dissapointed with the warranty issues, creeks, rattles and pops just after a few thousand k’s of driving. VW have adressed this for now with the Gen VI GTI, with all of them being built in Germany. BMW face the same problems with any 3 series that are built outside of Germany. Unfortunately despite quality control efforts South Africans can’t build cars properly, VW is finding this out very painfully.

By: jojo

jojo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:10:31 +0000

Toyota themselves admit their their biggest fear is not VW but the Koreans. So I’m curious does anyone have the sales figures for the Korean car makers?

By: jojo

jojo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:59:23 +0000

Jamison
Your sensible post is spot on…even comparably priced European cars to Japanese cars will set back their owners with expensive running costs not to mention the consumer reports which tend to have the Jap cars consistantely at the top for reliability and build quality