In EU they sell well. not in the US, however.
not in the US, however.
🤣🤣🤣
I wonder why that may be. but incidentally Porsche was the most profitable brand in USA before Trumps stupid tariffs, and Porsche is also VW.
USA can go fuck themselves, they are making themselves irrelevant. Hyundai is also losing profits in USA despite investments:
reuters.com/…/hyundai-motor-warns-bigger-hit-us-t…
Hyundai will be fucked over too, it’s just a matter of time. VW decided to scale back in USA, instead of fighting the windmills.
i don’t know anything about it. i just looked up VW and looked to see what countries sales were good and bad.
“USA can go fuck themselves, they are making themselves irrelevant.”
i did not want to get into a political shit fight, man. i did a DDG search about sales for a car manufacturer. thats all I did.
take it fucking easy, damn. =(
Are you really claiming to be unaware of the shitshow that is USA?
Why not look at a page like this for example?
en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_automotive_manufacture…
Hyundai is doing fine, but they are still below VW.
i have no idea what you’ve gone off about. i did a DDG search.
I’m sorry for doing a search. lol
I wonder why that may be.
Parts are expensive since everything needs to be imported. This has been true long before Trump started messing with tariffs. Parts are way easier to get and cheaper in the EU.
Toyota is popular here for the opposite reason: parts are inexpensive and easy to find. They’re also imported, but they’ve done a much better job figuring out their supply chain.
Porsche is also VW
Maybe by ownership, but they target a very different demographic and thus are designed very differently.
Hyundai is also losing profits
Hyundai is a lot more popular here than VW. Why? They’re cheap and reasonably reliable. VW isn’t as reliable.
OK, but still USA is just 1 of the 3 biggest markets in the world, and the one where VW is doing worst.
All three brands are very reliable, so i bet the margin in that regard isn’t big between them.
On a global scale VW remains ahead of Hyundai.
en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_automotive_manufacture…
And I’m sure VW is a lot cheaper in Europe. My uncle bought an Audi when he lived in Germany because it made sense there, and now he drives a Japanese car because Audis don’t make sense in the US.
If you buy German, you need to be ready to spend a lot on maintenance and repairs here in the US.
Regarding reliability it’s weird Hyundai already has such a good reputation for reliability, because it’s not many years ago that Hyundai was pretty poor quality. Like for instance the Hyundai Sonata was really awful with rust. And the way the car was built was outdated.
So just a few years ago, there was no comparison that VW and Toyota were vastly superior quality to Hyundai.
I know they are better today,but still I must admit I’m surprised if they are really better than VW?
For instance the Hyundai Kona 64 had a total recall on the batteries. That’s an enormous issue to have had.
VW was never comparable to Toyota. The top has always been the Japanese brands, sometimes with caveats about certain transmissions (e.g. Mazda and Mitsubishi CVTs).
German cars are fine, but parts are generally hard to get or are expensive. Many shops won’t touch them, so you need to find a European imports shop.
Here’s some data from 2024, VW is fourth last, ahead of Land Rover, Audi, and Chrystler. Somehow they’re behind Luncoln… Here’s the image:
ramble81@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Yeah but the US isn’t all that matters. For reference VW group is the largest automaker in the world, so the comment “no one is buying their cars” is very short sighted.
Nima@leminal.space 1 day ago
i don’t think its really all that big a deal. nobody said the US is all that matters. guy just said nobody is buying their cars.
which to him is true. but its been corrected.
this is just a conversation.
ramble81@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Meant to reply to him, not you. You basically said something similar to me.