dspp wrote:Hmmmmm.....
"How Many 2020 Volkswagen ID.3 Sales Were Volkswagen Sales To Itself?
It appears that Volkswagen might have been up to some shenanigans as of late — or, at least, the narrative around its EV sales in Europe has been misleading."https://cleantechnica.com/2021/02/19/ho ... to-itself/I really don't know what to think. If you read around there is quite a lot of anecdote that some brands stopped selling immediately they reached the 2020 EU-compliance limit, and then held back stock to go into 2021. That would be rational. I wonder if VAG has been trying to have it both ways. I really don't know what figures one can trust.
regards, dspp
Which ever way you look at this it isn't doing VW any favours.
If you take the "sales" figures as gospel you have a new car selling well.
If you take the "sales" figures as 35% VW to VW you have a new car not selling well and all the people who have been touting the sales success of the ID3 feeling like the have been had.
If you think VW have learned from Dieselgate and yet now look to have been trying to pull another fast one regarding emission payments it does nothing for VW's already stained reputation.
So this is either all bad publicity for a good well accepted new car, unfairly hurting its reputation, or you have bad, poorly accepted new car that is not selling and is garnering yet more negative PR by the moment.
Looking at what the ID3 is, its cost and its software limitations does nothing to make me feel like I would be interested in owning one. It is small, not that cheap and seemingly has many software problems. Most of the VW owners I know want something that is low cost and reliable that starts when they get in, goes and stops at the destination. They do not want something that causes them hassles and has to go back for upgrades and what not.
As things are the ID3 does not imho look like the kind of car that will sell to the typical VW owner profile and as such I am minded to think the sales figures are fabrications including a lot of VW to VW sales.
Diess imho has now got another mess to sort out and a car that has been put into production far too early making his job near impossible.
Regards,