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    Default Volkswagen and Audi are introducing more affordable car models in Singapore

    https://sg.news.yahoo.com/coming-soo...004437867.html

    WITH CAR PRICES still relatively lofty, plans are afoot by German carmakers Audi and Volkswagen to launch cheaper versions of two existing models.


    Both brands will take advantage of smaller engines and lower equipment levels in order to bring prices down, in the hopes of broadening their cars' market appeal.


    Volkswagen Group Singapore is adding a 1.2-litre version of its popular Golf hatchback to pricelists next week. The Golf 1.2 TSI will slot in below the 1.4 TSI, which is currently the cheapest version of the car.

    MORE: VW Golf 1.2 TSI review - How does the poor man's Golf perform?

    Although its price will only be finalised after next Wednesday's auction for Certificates Of Entitlement (COEs), sources from Volkswagen say the 1.2 TSI will be around $8,000 cheaper than the Golf 1.4 TSI, which lists for $129,300 with COE at the moment.

    Just as important, the 1.2 TSI will be the only Golf to have an Open Market Value of less than $20,000. This qualifies it for 60 percent financing, whereas the other models are only elegible for 50 percent loans.

    Meanwhile, Audi Singapore plans to introduce a cheaper version of the Q3, its small Sports Utility Vehicle.

    It will have a 1.4-litre engine and do without Audi's signature 'quattro' all-wheel drive system.

    Currently the cheapest Q3 has a 2.0-litre engine with quattro. It sells for $217,450 with COE, while the upcoming 1.4-litre model could cost less than $200,000 at today's COE prices.

    MORE: How buying an Audi Q3 1.4 TFSI is like choosing a two-bedroom condo over five-room HDB flat


    Naturally, with their smaller engines the lower-priced Audi and Volkswagen models will be less powerful and slower than the current entry-level versions.


    But their sellers will be hoping that buyers who weigh the loss of performance against the lower prices will eventually reach for their chequebooks.

    And if they prove popular, they could well set a trend for future price-busting versions of existing cars to enter the market.

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    VW received lots of complains.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DC33_2008 View Post
    VW received lots of complains.
    Yes, it is in today's Straits Times and sgcarmart.

    http://www.sgcarmart.com/news/article.php?AID=10467

    European new cars are most complained about, with Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz taking up top three spots in the complain list handled by Case.

    n the period between January 2012 and April 2014, the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) has received 36 complaints about new cars - of which most are from European car buyers.

    German automaker Volkswagen tops the list with 12 complaints, while BMW and Mercedes-Benz had eight and four complaints respectively. Other automakers on the list include Audi and Peugeot, with two complaints each, and Hyundai, Jaguar, Kia, Mazda, Nissan, Porsche and Renault - with one complaint.

    Most complaints received about Volkswagen were about faulty transmission. Executive Director of Case, Seah Seng Choon, said the association was concerned about the increasing number of complaints, which have crept up from one in 2012 to eight last year and three in the first four months of the year.

    Spokesman of Volkswagen Singapore, Mr. Colin Yong, said that seven out of the 12 complaints had to do with the cars' dual-clutch transmission, and reaffirms that the issues have been solved with the local recall last year.

    In second spot, Bavarian marque BMW had complaints targeted at engine stalling, engine leaking and rattling noises.

    Despite the global recall, Case did not receive any complaints about new Toyota cars.

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    honda toyota the best
    In the final analysis.....its NOT whether you have a diploma,degree,masters OR PHD....its whether you have a HDB/PC/EC or LANDED...

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