News: Volkswagen Australia has yet to decide whether to import the Golf GTD

[ENERG1]

The diesel car through out Europe is massive all i see is diesel,

although the diesel car has taken off here in Australia, is it really in the best

interests of VWA to bring out the GTD,[BRILLIANT CAR ] have read about it in

the mags but would they sell enough of them to make it worth their while.

Maybe when the diesel sales really sky rocket it would be.

Luke

[Breno]

My wife currently drives a Liberty 3.0R spec.B and we are looking to upgrade very soon. If the GTD were available now I would put down a deposit tomorrow. I hope VWA reads these forums and takes notice of the interest. I'm not interested in a GTI.

[CatonaPC©]

Given the surge in popularity of diesels in this country, not offering the GTD does not make sense. I would suggest if it were available for sale, it would outsell the petrol GTI.

The only reason I could think that VWA would not bring it in is the final on-road cost may be too high. If it starts getting into an Audi diesel price category, how would that affect sales? Other than enthusiasts, a typical diesel buyer is likely to opt for the cheaper 103kw variant. So the consequent sale volume will be too low to warrant importing the GTD.

[gerhard]

Given the surge in popularity of diesels in this country, not offering the GTD does not make sense. I would suggest if it were available for sale, it would outsell the petrol GTI.

The only reason I could think that VWA would not bring it in is the final on-road cost may be too high. If it starts getting into an Audi diesel price category, how would that affect sales? Other than enthusiasts, a typical diesel buyer is likely to opt for the cheaper 103kw variant. So the consequent sale volume will be too low to warrant importing the GTD.

Then how do you explain that the MKV GT TDI, which has been available alongside the GTI for several years, has NOT outsold the GTI.

Changing to MKVI is not going to reverse the relativity.

But I agree VWA is restricting sales growth by restricting model variants. In the AUDI camp, they bring everything that moves and are growing faster than VW is growing. That should tell VW something...- Bring them all