Factory Efficiency-Audi?
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Factory Efficiency-Audi?
I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
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Re: Factory Efficiency-Audi?
On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:11:41 -0400, "Sills" <wpsills@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
>forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
>for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
>that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
>than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
>VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
>them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
>in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
>profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
>devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
>continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
>heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
>would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
>with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
>longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
>therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
I certainly doesn't take the workers in Wolfsburg longer, on the
contrary. The wages and social security are high in Germany, so yes,
less 'cost effective' if you compare to the far east. But then.. go
buy a Daewoo.
Toyota at the moment is experiencing what being 'cost-effective'
means- they dropped from all reliability top tens in the last year.
With VW, imo the only big problem is that the chairman of the board
and the president hate each other- this makes the company a lame duck.
wrote:
>I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
>forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
>for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
>that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
>than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
>VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
>them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
>in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
>profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
>devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
>continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
>heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
>would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
>with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
>longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
>therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
I certainly doesn't take the workers in Wolfsburg longer, on the
contrary. The wages and social security are high in Germany, so yes,
less 'cost effective' if you compare to the far east. But then.. go
buy a Daewoo.
Toyota at the moment is experiencing what being 'cost-effective'
means- they dropped from all reliability top tens in the last year.
With VW, imo the only big problem is that the chairman of the board
and the president hate each other- this makes the company a lame duck.
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Re: Factory Efficiency-Audi?
On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:11:41 -0400, "Sills" <wpsills@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
>forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
>for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
>that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
>than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
>VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
>them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
>in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
>profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
>devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
>continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
>heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
>would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
>with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
>longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
>therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
I certainly doesn't take the workers in Wolfsburg longer, on the
contrary. The wages and social security are high in Germany, so yes,
less 'cost effective' if you compare to the far east. But then.. go
buy a Daewoo.
Toyota at the moment is experiencing what being 'cost-effective'
means- they dropped from all reliability top tens in the last year.
With VW, imo the only big problem is that the chairman of the board
and the president hate each other- this makes the company a lame duck.
wrote:
>I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
>forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
>for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
>that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
>than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
>VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
>them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
>in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
>profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
>devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
>continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
>heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
>would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
>with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
>longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
>therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
I certainly doesn't take the workers in Wolfsburg longer, on the
contrary. The wages and social security are high in Germany, so yes,
less 'cost effective' if you compare to the far east. But then.. go
buy a Daewoo.
Toyota at the moment is experiencing what being 'cost-effective'
means- they dropped from all reliability top tens in the last year.
With VW, imo the only big problem is that the chairman of the board
and the president hate each other- this makes the company a lame duck.
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Re: Factory Efficiency-Audi?
On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:11:41 -0400, "Sills" <wpsills@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
>forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
>for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
>that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
>than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
>VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
>them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
>in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
>profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
>devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
>continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
>heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
>would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
>with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
>longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
>therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
I certainly doesn't take the workers in Wolfsburg longer, on the
contrary. The wages and social security are high in Germany, so yes,
less 'cost effective' if you compare to the far east. But then.. go
buy a Daewoo.
Toyota at the moment is experiencing what being 'cost-effective'
means- they dropped from all reliability top tens in the last year.
With VW, imo the only big problem is that the chairman of the board
and the president hate each other- this makes the company a lame duck.
wrote:
>I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
>forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
>for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
>that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
>than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
>VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
>them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
>in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
>profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
>devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
>continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
>heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
>would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
>with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
>longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
>therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
I certainly doesn't take the workers in Wolfsburg longer, on the
contrary. The wages and social security are high in Germany, so yes,
less 'cost effective' if you compare to the far east. But then.. go
buy a Daewoo.
Toyota at the moment is experiencing what being 'cost-effective'
means- they dropped from all reliability top tens in the last year.
With VW, imo the only big problem is that the chairman of the board
and the president hate each other- this makes the company a lame duck.
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Re: Factory Efficiency-Audi?
On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:11:41 -0400, "Sills" <wpsills@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
>forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
>for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
>that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
>than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
>VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
>them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
>in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
>profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
>devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
>continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
>heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
>would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
>with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
>longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
>therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
I certainly doesn't take the workers in Wolfsburg longer, on the
contrary. The wages and social security are high in Germany, so yes,
less 'cost effective' if you compare to the far east. But then.. go
buy a Daewoo.
Toyota at the moment is experiencing what being 'cost-effective'
means- they dropped from all reliability top tens in the last year.
With VW, imo the only big problem is that the chairman of the board
and the president hate each other- this makes the company a lame duck.
wrote:
>I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
>forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
>for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
>that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
>than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
>VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
>them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
>in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
>profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
>devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
>continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
>heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
>would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
>with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
>longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
>therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?
I certainly doesn't take the workers in Wolfsburg longer, on the
contrary. The wages and social security are high in Germany, so yes,
less 'cost effective' if you compare to the far east. But then.. go
buy a Daewoo.
Toyota at the moment is experiencing what being 'cost-effective'
means- they dropped from all reliability top tens in the last year.
With VW, imo the only big problem is that the chairman of the board
and the president hate each other- this makes the company a lame duck.
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Re: Factory Efficiency-Audi?
Audi is doing better because they have an image and a plan for the
brand. VW seems to be wandering all over the map, trying to fill in
every niche (see: Phaeton) and also trying to be more Audi-like (see:
Eos). They have moved up-market, but are still trying to appeal to
people that can't spend the kind of money they are asking. Once they
figure out who they are trying to be, they will be fine, as the
products are excellent.
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
brand. VW seems to be wandering all over the map, trying to fill in
every niche (see: Phaeton) and also trying to be more Audi-like (see:
Eos). They have moved up-market, but are still trying to appeal to
people that can't spend the kind of money they are asking. Once they
figure out who they are trying to be, they will be fine, as the
products are excellent.
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA