Deckardk

They're protecting their sales apparatus first.

Volkswagen is Buying Back Dirty Diesels, But Not From Owners

soonerfan

Of course they are! My dealership says they have a waiting list for the new and the very few qualified for CPO units they have in stock. Demand is pretty high for these units. If the remedy is approved by CARB/EPA, I can assure you that the dealer inventories will get fixed first. Audi has been absorbing the interest on those units. It will be in our interest to get those cars sold.

If Audi decides to suspend new 3.0TDI Q5 here in the USA for the upcoming model year, and the remedy is proven to be inconsequential for the most part on our vehicles, demand will be escalate, especially when fuel prices go back up.

Hope I'm not wishful thinking, but most folks know how good a package the 3.0TDI Q5 is.

rbradleysd

Makes sense that would be step one before they buy them back from the public

Redd

VW might also have a quiet little extra problem with regard to dealer inventory. The cars are bought by the dealers "for purposes of trade and commerce" and that also puts them under provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, that would leave VW open to commercial suits for statutory damages, perhaps a faster and more costly suit than one brought by consumer class-action groups.

4SallyPat

VW will probably end up buying them up from the US and then reselling them in other parts of the world, make money, and pollute the world...

Redd

Possibly, but the crash protection, door guard beams, headlights, tail and marker lights, a lot of "stuff" generally has to be market specific. Retrofitting a proper Blue Goo system probably will be cheaper. And then maybe trying to take a tax loss on them, like donating them all to "Meals on Wheels" as delivery vehicles, and writing off the value entirely if they can't be sold on the open market.