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> Therefore VW can make electric cars, but its dealers will try to not sell them. I think Audi sees this coming just as much as you do. I reserved the E-Tron a
by pkulak 8y ago
> Therefore VW can make electric cars, but its dealers will try to not sell them.
I think Audi sees this coming just as much as you do. I reserved the E-Tron a few months ago and my local dealer had _no_ idea what was going on. They told me they would be able to order one for me next year, even as I was making the order directly with Audi USA online. When I put my dealer's address in as a the pick-up location, the dealer emailed me the next day legitimately surprised to see the car added to their order system. Audi seems to have no plans to stock any of these at dealers, but instead ship them out as they are configured directly by customers, very much like Tesla does it.
- rconti 8y agoI think that's just VAG being confused. I "ordered" a Golf R in 2015 and the delivery estimate was "sometime in the next 3 months" until literally the day it showed up at the dealer.
- RickJWagner 8y agoNice pick! Golf R was on my short list last year. (I went with a used Lexus IS F, finally.)
- janesvilleseo 8y agoIt may be that they are preferring not to stock them at dealers precisely because the dealer has no motivation to sell it. I believe this has happened to other models with other brands, but it’s escapimg me at the moment which ones. However a quick search pulls this up. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/dealerships-dismiss-electric-vehicles/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/dealerships-dismiss-...