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>VW should investigate why their cars are that expensive. Investigate what exactly? This is a known accounting fact. Where do you think the money comes from t
by FirmwareBurner 2y ago
>VW should investigate why their cars are that expensive.
Investigate what exactly? This is a known accounting fact.
Where do you think the money comes from that gets every German VW factory worker 30+ vacation days per year, paid sick days whenever they don't feel like coming to work, great pension plans, inflation beating Yearly raises, unions that keep unproductive people from getting fired and best severance packages in the industry in case they do.
All those perks they have get priced into the final product. You can't manufacture cheap commodity goods while treating your workers so lavishly when competing with Asia and how they treat their manufacturing labor.
This was economically feasible when European cars had no foreign competition in terms of quality and technology, but this is not the case anymore and something will have to give.
- lnsru 2y agoBut elsewhere it works fine: https://carnewschina.com/2024/01/03/the-updated-saic-vw-id-3-and-id-4-hits-the-chinese-market/ https://carnewschina.com/2024/01/03/the-updated-saic-vw-id-3... The prices are nothing comparable to European ones. And Zwickau (where ID.3 is apparently built) is also rather low cost area. Anyway I am curious about ID.1 and what Chinese car will VW re-label for this. VW eUp was more expensive.
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago>Zwickau (where ID.3 is apparently built) is also rather low cost area Lower cost than Bulgaria, Turkey or China? I doubt it. Also, the high costs for VW aren't just from factory workers, but also from overpaid managers making six figure just because they're old, not because they add much value, which is less of an issue at Chinese automakers that don't overpay managers to such an extent.