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Someone has come forward and said that because he really can't stand the frequent failures, he lost money after using it for a year:
Some car owners also believe that Volkswagen's quality is still good, and the only thing that has problems is a small probability event:
even claims to have exposed the dark side of the former SAIC Volkswagen 4S store sales:
There is no doubt that SAIC Volkswagen was very powerful, with sales of 2 million to 2.06 million vehicles for a long time, and won the sales championship in China's automobile market from 2015 to 2018 for four consecutive years. However, since the defeat in defending the title in 2019, SAIC Volkswagen seems to have started a "falling" mode.
Sales in 2019 were 1.968 million, a year-on-year decrease of 3.07%;
Sales in 2020 were 1.568 million, a year-on-year decrease of 24.8%;
Sales in 2021 were 1.457 million, The sales volume of
from January to August 2022 was 770,000, a year-on-year decrease of 19.7%; the sales volume of
has been declining year by year, and now it has fallen out of the top three, which is obviously abnormal. This makes people feel strange. What's wrong with SAIC Volkswagen?
As the "number one" in the fuel vehicle era, we all know that fuel vehicles are the mainstay of SAIC Volkswagen, which also means that sales have been falling continuously. To a large extent, SAIC Volkswagen's fuel vehicles are no longer as popular as before...
So, what's wrong?
Some people say that it will be caused by the Passat A-pillar breaking incident.
On the afternoon of October 22, 2019, the Beijing Testing and Evaluation Department of China Insurance Automobile Safety Index Management Center conducted a low-speed structure frontal collision test on the Passat model SVW71423CT (2019 280TSI business version) in accordance with the "C-IASI Management Measures (2018 Edition)".
Two months later, on December 23, the announced results were shocking!
has been rampant in the B-class in China for more than 20 years and is also the pillar of SAIC Volkswagen sedan sales. In the front 25% bias collision test, the A pillar was bent and broken, the airbag went off, and the dummy crashed into the A-pillar, becoming the last among the 41 models participating in the test at that time, and also refreshing the worst collision test score of China Insurance Research since the start of the test.
For a moment, public opinion was in an uproar. The market also quickly provided feedback. Passat, which was the first domestic mid-sized car sales in December 2019, was directly cut in January 2020, from 26,000 to 13,600.
After that, even though it was optimized and modified, and got good results again in the "re-test" of China Insurance Research and China Automobile Research Institute, Passat's monthly sales never exceeded 20,000 vehicles.
In addition, there are also many complaints about Volkswagen models, such as DSG issues, engine oil burning and other related issues.
(Car friend complaints, some screenshots)
In the past month, there have been 39 complaints on SAIC Volkswagen brand model clutch on Car Quality Network, involving Polo, Lavida , Langxing , Lingdu , Passat, Tuyue, Tiguan L, Tuang , Tuang , Maiang and other models.
. Using the keyword "burning engine oil" as the keyword, there are 40 complaints in 2021, involving models such as Lavida, Lingdu, Passat, Tuyue, Tuan, Tiguan, Tiguan L.
(Car friend complained some screenshots)
In addition, don’t forget that particle capturer is blocked, and many SAIC Volkswagen models have also been caught, especially the sales leader Tiguan L. In recent months, there have been large-scale complaints!
And judging from the complaints of car owners, this problem not only exists in the old Tiguan L of the 2020 and 2021 models, but also the 2022 model launched in August last year, which was not spared.
(Car friend complained some screenshots)
In addition, SAIC Volkswagen seems to be facing the problems of lag in product updates and slow product matrix updates and iterations.
The just-passed 2022 Chengdu Auto Show, SAIC Volkswagen claimed to have released a number of heavyweight products, the newly designed Toon X is positioned as the 2023 Tiguan family of "Ling Trend Smart Mid-Size SUV", but the powertrain is still a sticker, and it has no new ideas, so the appearance has been changed and the younger shell has been enjoyed.
But look at the next door FAW Volkswagen , Sagitar has been replaced with the latest 1.5T engine, and subsequent Bora, Tange and other popular models will be updated in full "heart". Is it a sudden difference?
Suddenly thought of a sentence: I feel very hardworking, but when I stand up, I find that others work harder than you...
Now, it has entered the peak sales season of Golden September and Silver October. If SAIC Volkswagen wants to surpass the sales volume of 1.457 million last year, it means that 686,500 cars will be sold in the next four months, which is equivalent to 171,625 million cars per month.
But the real situation is that the best month SAIC Volkswagen sold this year was 120,000 units in July, a difference of 50,000 units!
So the question is, do you think SAIC Volkswagen can fight a "turnaround" this year? See you in the comment section.
Author: Jianjian, focusing on automobile reporting for many years, Hangzhou City's "Most Beautiful Consumer Rights Protection Person" in 2018, and a member of the Automotive Professional Committee of Zhejiang Consumer Protection Committee in 2022.
