VW Up! will only cost 900 euros to build - report
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catchmyshadow
it is the same with the tata nano etc. when such cars hit the shores of europe or the US they have to fulfill higher standards (emmission, safety etc.) and get much more expensive. still a nice margin imho.
July 3, 2009 2:42 pm
politz
Now that is all very plausible and possible... I mean, 900 euros can buy a whole lot of cardboard, right?
July 3, 2009 2:45 pm
nathandavid88
India? Didn't VW send out a press release saying they're gonna build them at Bratislava, Slovakia?
July 3, 2009 2:49 pm
sideskraper
900 cost to the manufacturer does not indicate the cost to the consumer. any idea how much the clothes you are wearing cost to manufacture? much less than ten times the price you paid.
July 3, 2009 3:15 pm
noworkday
This has to be BS. I dont believe a single word autocar says anymore. Just bunch of rumors and inside "sources"
July 3, 2009 4:22 pm
CKApexpredator
This is 100% False. VW has already issued a press release stating that the car will be built in Slovakia not India.
You REALLY need to check your sources before you go shooting your mouth off!
July 3, 2009 8:26 pm
BabyMilo
If it is true that the car only costs ?900 to make, they should sell it for a small profit and they would sell lots of them
July 4, 2009 4:38 am
EMBJATI85
i dont think these are comming to the states if they do then it be hella cool i love vws my dad had a type 3 notch and i wanna find me own id probly have to import it tho
July 4, 2009 6:25 am
noworkday
I think WCF should stop refering to articles from autocar and autoexpress. there are too many stories, which never come true.
autoblog once in a while already calls these guys "not the best source"
Surely some do, but if you shoot out hundreds of "inside sources" some of them have to happen.
July 4, 2009 6:43 am
Twilightrider
VW's LUPO at 1000% mark up ?!
Thank God for Tata's Nano!
I really wonder just how the field will
look in about 30 more months or so when
the "dust" has had time to settle!
July 4, 2009 7:01 am
ivanadrive
What a BS article. It does not include engineering and design cost, nor the cost to set up and maintain the production plant, marketing costs etc. Cars that compete on price (like the Up!) generally have a very small profit margin. VAG makes their profit from audis where a small increase in production cost (more expensive materials and technology) are sold for a much higher price.
July 5, 2009 9:02 am
tbrodie
I was just talking with a friend about a scenario like this.
When one company starts off-shoring, others have to follow suit to be competitive. What, other than public relations and existing union contracts, is to keep auto manufacturers to move as much production as possible to India or China?
July 6, 2009 7:39 am
msinisa
it is the right time to start production in China.
VAG makes scirocco for 3.000 $ and the consumer pais it for 30.000 $.
July 6, 2009 8:10 am
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