The Volkswagen Group’s new budget brand, which is no new topic of course, has been finally confirmed, and by none other than chairman Martin Winterkorn himself.
Winterkorn, who recently survived Ferdinand Piech’s attempt to oust him, confirmed the news in an interview with German newspaper Bild, Autocar reported.
The budget brand is set to debut in 2018 and will initially launch an SUV, saloon and hatchback. All will be built in China and starting prices will range from 8,000 to 11,000 euros (RM33,325 to RM45,822). The cars will be sold in China, but India, South America, Eastern Europe, the Baltic region and Africa are all potential markets. There are no current plans for the brand in Western Europe.
The UK mag’s report says that the German giant has long struggled to meet its internal minimum standards for manufacturing while still meeting the budget constraints imposed by building a budget car to be profitable. Other examples of budget brands are Renault’s Dacia and Nissan’s Datsun, focusing on Europe and Asia/Russia respectively.
The new brand will be the VW Group’s 13th after Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Skoda, Volkswagen, Ducati, MAN, Scania and Neoplan.
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This budget car will be premium in Malaysia.
No thanks to *Foton.
*a car brand from China.
No Foton also no cheap
No matter how budget it is, it will be more expensive than Proton for sure.
Proton can’t survive without protection! As i always say, Proton should free packs of condom along with new cars, coz PROTECTION DA BEST!
I have gotten you all the VVIP seats today.
1. “2014 Passat Owner”
2. “Passat 2013 Owner”
3. “2015 Jetta Owner”
4. “VW Cybertroopers”
5. “VW owner JB”
Happy copy and paste :)
Protection is everywhere, even in China
Haha, I din’t see any vw break down nowadays but I did saw a polo after ram into waja and still able to drive away. lol Since VW is so reliable ofcoz many ppl will buy.
In Malaysia all budget car with foreign brand will turn to budget car with premium price!!! aka Bolehland industry “cronies right kingdom”.
He dun get those collected tax
In Malaysia, it will be RM33,325 to RM45,822 before tax
More budget than the current one?
Doesn’t matter.
When comes to Bolehland, it’s RM 90K to RM 100K.
“Budget Car”. LOL
Now polo is on raya promotion only rm83k and polo is not junk but good in performance and handling.
JV ngn proton je la.
10 grand car probably become 100 grand car in Malaysia.
OMG, cannot even sort out their standard offering with faulty products wanna sell budget?
So aside from the engine and gear box, the budget version will also include faulty aircond, lousy suspension and crappy radio.
sell budget doesn’t mean it’s faulty. maybe it produced by cut some cost. like basic model.
VW Budget brand? @@” I thought they are already budget enough? This Proton of Germany belongs to the “luxury car” category meh?
VW is middle of the road, like Ford, Toyota, Honda, … maybe seen as slightly above that in Germany. VW has 2 brands in Europe placed below VW… Seat and Skoda. Then comes VW and above that Audi.
If VW makes a budget brand, does it mean it will come with only 3 tyres? One less tyre means lower cost right?
haha. so funny meh. maybe it’ll come with no tyre but with wings so the car can fly. hahaha. budget brand will made vw more affordable for people who love it to buy it
dekat singapore harga kereta lagi mahai…
Sometimes I just wish that Dr. M just goes F***it! Sc**w budget and premium, no budget! build best of best and sell elsewhere else but M’sia… perhaps then the only bashings is Proton too exp? Lol… Yea, I know it wont happen, that’s why it’s just a wish…