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I'm an Engineer for a European HQ medical device manufacturer. We moved higher tech production from Germany to the United States and lower tech Chinese production to Malaysia. Strictly a business survival decision.
The Chinese are also moving to Mexico and have already taken a large share of the market. I predict Mexico will be a new industrial power within a decade.
US has said they will put heavy tariffs on Chinese cars built in Mexico. Good thing, Chinese gov’t is subsidizing dumping in order to destroy competition.
Mexico has cheap and hard working labor but their society is a mess, with drug cartels controlling large swathes of the country, assasssinating lawmakers and judges etc. They have a lot of problems to solve.
This a sample of 1. Our 2009 volkswagon golf was a serious disappointment. We had enjoyed driving our previous one so much more. Plus we were constantly replacing sensors, computers, the automatic gas door lost function at the pumps and its electronics had to be replaced. The door locks were crazy locking arbrirtarily. We bought a gmc sierra to replace it ...much better. Now we have a tesla midel 3, best car we've owned.
They haven’t innovated Golf because the investment budget was destroyed due to a big deiselgate bill. That had an enormous impact on VWs future and where they are today.
Diesel gate didn’t stop them forking out record dividends to the owners…. And 2 billion odd fine was a drop in the ocean to compared to the nearly 200 billion debt they run. No - it’s just been terrible management! Heads in the sand over EV’s.
The Golf is just to expensive. When I bought it new the first time in 1999 it was around 14.000 Euro here in Sweden. Today the hybrid starts around 55.000 💀💀
@@Jommybutler1234 I used an Euro inflation calculator for Germany, just as I use Bank of England for UK and the US Inflation Calculator for US Dollars. All are online and easy to use.
Until they put millions of chargers in apartment complexes and urban cities.....EV are not viable for tens of millions of Americans. The core infrastructure issues are getting worse because people are hogging the chargers. It reminds people of the 70's gas lines during the OPEC crisis.
right this moment I am forced to find a NEW car for my mother and would like a LEAF EV - right price and perfect for my mothers use - she lives in a CONDO building with NO power points in the parkade so an ELECTRIC is 100% out of the question
Ideal if you have home charging. More difficult if you don’t. Government needs to make home charging a right so condo’s have to provide charging options. Works in Norway!
Why bother. No one of average means can afford new cars anymore. In the used market, no one can afford to maintain them considering proprietary dealer maintenance. We're screwed, they're screwed.
When my twenty year old Daihatsu Sirion F-speed with tiptronic four speed automatic 1300 16V Twin Cam gives up, I think I will give up and join the resistance. I will steal the copper whilst the power is out like in South Africa.
I will disagree slightly. The average new car purchase price is now almost $50k. Those cars have so much more safety, tech and performance improvements that these vehicles can’t be compared to “average” cars 20 years ago.
@@Jommybutler1234 true yet so wrong peoples bank accounts buying the cars have NOT kept up and it is the SAME people trying to buy the new cars now as the ones that bought them then
The cost to make an ICE car will be higher than an EV it's just a matter of time. Not only because batteries will get cheaper but just on parts count alone. It's basic math. What Tesla has tired to demonstrate is that each part adds cost and the best part is no part. ICE cars have about 2000 extra parts even if large castings are used.
Please do not leave out the horrifying depreciation of EV’s. It will only get worse as batteries improve. No,one will buy an older EV w limited range and uncertainty of remaining battery life.
@ Even the old technology batteries are lasting longer than expected and the latest ones are even better. Folks only think used EVs are cheap until they try to buy one. Right now new ones are a better value and leases are way cheaper than gas cars. If you care about resale leasing is the way to go.
It's insane really, but it is what it is. Germany will heed the EV market to China inside Germany, and produce ICE vehicles for the rest of the world outside Germany. VW will operate like a foreign car brand inside Germany.
I find it misleading telling that the problem is the high worker salary. When the real problem is the high energy price and with it the relocation of the chemical industry.
Also obsolete manufacturing practices and slow pace of development. Not sure if it was scrapped, but they planned to use gigacasting in 2026 in Trinity factory. That is snail pace development. They have become ossified. When Tesla encountered chip shortage, they redesign everything in months. What was VW reaction?
Correct I learned that even in the 1980 a car was build in 8 hours of work in the factory...assembling one. Now even much more automated with robots. Means that labour is a minor costs component. However al regulations in the EU are driving costs very high ...such as the very high energy taxes and prices.
Well, they are not getting cheaper .... costs rising much faster than inflation. They are getting more complicated with CVT transmissions and smaller turbo engines. Reliability collapsing and then the cost of repair going through the roof. Golf used to be a pretty good car .... they will probably still sell well in Mexico. Smart to make them there.
Not surprised if that happens but couldn't care less at this point in time tbh, because if ICE cars really are going to be phased out by 2035 (I don't believe all of them will...), I'm certainly not spending a single cent on a brand-new ICE car! It's either switch to EVs when possible/convenient; or just keep driving used ICE cars until the wheels fall off or spare parts no longer available... I do like that some car models no longer offer a Diesel version, only EV or Hybrid, it's a sign that the automotive industry really is trying to change direction, so we'll see how that pans out in the next 10 years, which is just around the corner really...
Why do you believe ICE will get more expensive, “really quickly” ? What portion of the entire world are EV’s even possible? Large areas of the planet have almost zero electric infrastructure.
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Other countries have talked about a tax for EV's based on how many kms were driven the previous year at say, 2 or 3 cents per km. The average of 15,000 kms would yield a tax of $450 based on a 3 cent per km tax.
Fuel-Duty in the UK goes into general taxation, the responsibility for road repairs is then pushed onto local councils who are expected to collect most of their revenue from local council taxes. Electricity per kWh price already includes 25% obligations and taxes, that are mainly designed for industrial, household and business premisses - for EVs these taxes be reassigned by the UK goverment to cover fuel duty as a quick win. However, in the longer term per mile pricing is being considered for the UK, with what's happening in New Zeeland being closely monitored, and would be applied to all cars not just EVs.
I don't think Germany blew up Nord Stream 2. Besides Nord Stream 2 never delivered any gas. So had no real effect on Germany's energy problems. The main company hurt when Nord Stream 2 was cancelled was it's main owner Gazprom.
I beleive mahy parts for european cars are made in Poland. My wheels and speakers in my audi are made in pPoland. Woould be a great place to build the golf and would remain european.
It should always be remembered that when you shift to offshore production, you are shifting part of the value added income producing industry offshore. Eventually, without an income producing industry to offset the lack of income, the economy does not have the income or ability to buy imports. There is a dependency developed on other countries when you do not make your own products, as well as a shift in income resulting in a loss of onshore jobs.
You are witnessing the destruction of *Unions.* They are obviously still necessary, but they just as obviously have outlived their ability to enforce their rules. The big OEMs are now all *_multinationals._* Unions are *_national_* and fundamentally limited.
A pity about VW and the Golf, a lot of automotive history disappearing there. I bought a new Golf Mk5 2.0 litre diesel 6 speed manual in 2006 here in Australia and it has been awesome. I drive it every day and we still do long road trip holidays in it (4000 - 5000 km). Fuel consumption is around 4.0 to 4.5 lts/100 km (53 mpg to 59 mpg), sometimes 3.8 lts/100 km (62 mpg). On a road trip it does 1050 km on a full tank (650 miles). My first car was in 1967 and the Golf has been my best car ever by far. I’ve rented several Chinese cars and they just feel a little bit tinny after the Golf.
Germany’s push to net zero, over regulation and an industrial sector that simply was not able to adapt has resulted in this calamity. What an own goal.
Mercedes having been building in Mexico for around a decade. I have two friends that have bought them just before covid, within a year or two both sold them due to continuing problems caused by poor build quality. Hopefully they have upped their game in the last five years.
Executives could take a cut in pay? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha This will destroy the German economy. VW was salvaged by the British Military to employ Germans. Mexican labor pay is excessively low.
ICE cars are not getting cheaper .... costs rising much faster than inflation. They are getting more complicated with CVT transmissions and smaller turbo engines. Reliability collapsing and then the cost of repair is going through the roof. Golf used to be a pretty good car .... they will probably still sell well in Mexico. Smart to make them there.
But who asked for complicated CVT transmissions? Who asked for complex 7-8 speed automatic transmissions on 1.2L engines in almost entry level car models? It sure wasn't me!!...
Germans have laughed about the British car industry collapse for decades, now they're going through exactly the same thing. Let them suffer I say. They've treated the consumer badly for years.
For Volkswagen it's the normal way of things. Whenever VW ends the production of a certain model, they transfer the old factory equipment somewhere where Labor is cheap. They often produced models of which they stopped production in Germany somewhere abroad, like the beetle which they produced for many years in Mexico or the Transporter T2 they built in South-Africa for certain markets. Normally they change production lines during summer and winter holidays. I'm pretty sure, we would have heard if they dropped the Golf completely, but all I heard so far, are rumors that they think about an electric Version (ID.Golf) and about stopping producing combustion cars in Germany freeing capacity for electric cars.
What is the price of Polish made VW Golf vs German? and I was under the impression that automation would drastically reduce the amount of labor required, so what happened?
Pretty sure Volkswagen moved production from Mexico to Germany a few years ago I think the problem is they are to expensive and they should make them more simple and fun to drive maybe get back to what made them more appealing in the first place.
Look , if energy costs are an increasing problem in Germany for the Golf and other vehicles… then what does that tell us about electric vehicles that plug into the grid ?
Work ethics has a lot to do with it, westerners have lost it, here in Australia, you would have trouble getting people to show up,a HR manager told me, when applicants are told no mobile phones during work hours, they get up and walk out!!!
Doesn’t matter about improvements in battery technology when, in the UK for example, 44% of homes are unsuitable for home charging, the public charging network is still poor and the price of public charging is prohibitive. Most people simply cannot afford to buy an run an electric car. And if you do charge at home, don’t do it at night and/or in a garage for fear of burning your house down. I think you’re in a dream world if you think this terrible technology is a solution to anything!
In the west country, locals with EVs have been charging their cars at home in garages for the last 4 years at least - and no fires. Those with Teslas have no problem charging away from home. Yes, some chargers are expensive and rubbish, but not the Tesla chargers. So not all doom and gloom.
Years ago a friend bought a brand new VW Golf that was made in Mexico. The first time he crawled underneath to do the first oil change he saw the undercarriage was UNPAINTED. He took it back to the dealership and they had it painted. Quality control???
Why doesn't VW move production of the ID Buzz to Mexico? That's the vehicle I'm most interested in. Better yet why don't they build the Buzz at the Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant?
It is interesting that the EU imposes import taxes on EVs, but does not impose export taxes on capital and technology when production is transferred outside the EU. The result is the same as if the import tax did not exist = destruction of domestic production and imports from countries that are not subject to import tax.
this malady that has decimated manufacturing in all western countries is unstoppable. In the west manufacturing is too expensive thanks to many factors including (but not limited to) excessive regulation , short term management philosophy, militant unions, currency , and a world where free trade overrides all other considerations , including working conditions . Unfortunately for VW and other German manufacturers, their value is in their brand more than their vehicles. These brands are loosing their lustre as buyers start to realise that the German element of the brand is nothing more than a tilt of the hat to a long gone history of great engineering.
Tesla will expand lines and move humans to them whilst using robots for the mind numbing mundane tasks. Keeping staff levels the same but with higher turnout of units across multiple lines.
Your observation reflects the ability of capitalists being able to move production, while labor is not free to migrate. There's also the increase in German energy costs due to Nordstream Destruction. Maybe that's why German industrialists didn't protest so much when they lost cheap Russian Gas... An additional excuse to relocate to lower wage areas ..
You don't the quality of vehicles made in Mexico unless it is a giga factory to prevent defects. Years ago I had a Chevy Malibu. The warranty was about to end. There was a ticking noise under the dash. It took the technician 8 hours to find it. Good thing I brought it in under warranty. It was a negative screw holding it to the body or ground. The ticking was because the screw wasn't fasten securely. 8 hours at the dealership at 170 dollars per hour for a loose screw. Manufacturers claim to improve quality, but explain why so MANY recalls. CEO'S want to bring in new products that fail before doing enough testing on them. CEO'S wtf. Recalls cost the MSRP increases because you don't build the vehicle right to begin with. Bringing in a vehicle today is about 200 dollars an hour. Back 40 years ago you could work on your vehicle. Today technology is crazy. Most people that have an income of 80 k can't afford a 50 k vehicle. So here we go again to 2006 to 2009. Homes over 1 Million dollars in California in 2006. BUSH JR allowed Banks to borrow Federal Government Money for about free. T dropped interest rates to low and now people can't afford it. Last time Obama had to correct the Market lending. T has bankrupt everything he touches. Can't wait for t bankrupt the US.
If you must have a golf,then hunt down a low mileage, well serviced mark 7/7.5. The 1.4/1.5tsi engines are strong with a low turbo boost pressure. Change oil every 10ks and you have a sweet vehicle. The mark 8s are freakin' garbage, with nasty interiors. Cheers all from New Zealand
@4:44 Anybody who thinks that there will be *_any_** ICE* vehicles sold in significant numbers is _smoking something _*_recreational._* I figure Q4 2028 should be when *ICE* sales make an interesting *_crater_* in the world economy.
I recently wrote to the German guy from Auto Gefühl channel how sad it was that he was so excited about showcasing the “new” Golf … he said “what do you mean?” … Even German UA-camrs can’t see how 💩💩💩 German auto industry really is .. VW can’t possibly advertise the Golf as German if made in Mexico .. I bet they won’t pass on the savings to the buyers either
It's not any one thing, it's all the important costs, starting with energy, labor, bureaucracy... all conspired to sink VW. Not looking good. Diess raised the alarm, they fired the messenger.
TOYOTA has moved some of their production to MEXICO to save labor costs. Has TOYOTA passed ANY of this savings on to their customers? Ha ha ha ha! That's a good one!
@@JohnSmith-x3y8h Trump said during the campaign that if John Deere moved jobs to Mexico that he would slap big tariffs on Deere products coming back to the US.
@@JohnSmith-x3y8h I never said Trump was going to ban companies from moving jobs out. If you read my comment, I suggested that that he is going "to try to stop" them. That can be achieved through an outright ban, which is against US law, or by an economic threat like tariffs. I don't know what your problem is understanding that. You must hate Trump. Why don't you go outside and get some fresh air.
Well hopefully they will have better build quality. Seriously seeing all these german brands struggling is no surprise, unreliable over priced cars . Germany won't have any manufacturing in the near future.
Golf production going to Mexico? It's following the good old VW Kever (beetle) at the end of his life. That one was also produced in mexico a little longer.
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I'm an Engineer for a European HQ medical device manufacturer. We moved higher tech production from Germany to the United States and lower tech Chinese production to Malaysia. Strictly a business survival decision.
My MachE is produced in Mexico and build quality is very good.
The Chinese are also moving to Mexico and have already taken a large share of the market.
I predict Mexico will be a new industrial power within a decade.
definitely for automobiles whether ICE or EV
US has said they will put heavy tariffs on Chinese cars built in Mexico. Good thing, Chinese gov’t is subsidizing dumping in order to destroy competition.
@@showdown66 Elon is trying to destroy Rivian. No longer about moving the world to sustainable transportation. Now it's just about greed.
While the USA will continue our decline toward a third-world nation, thanks to our corporate owners.
Mexico has cheap and hard working labor but their society is a mess, with drug cartels controlling large swathes of the country, assasssinating lawmakers and judges etc. They have a lot of problems to solve.
I have a 2016 e-Golf with almost 100,000 miles and the car is AWESOME. I hate that it’s taking VW so long to replace it.
This a sample of 1. Our 2009 volkswagon golf was a serious disappointment. We had enjoyed driving our previous one so much more. Plus we were constantly replacing sensors, computers, the automatic gas door lost function at the pumps and its electronics had to be replaced. The door locks were crazy locking arbrirtarily. We bought a gmc sierra to replace it ...much better. Now we have a tesla midel 3, best car we've owned.
Unions R poison for workers and industries
So not one of your problems was to do with ICE, it was all electrical issues.... The irony
@@paulandresen4579”electric” incompetence has doomed ICE LEGAs
They haven’t innovated Golf because the investment budget was destroyed due to a big deiselgate bill. That had an enormous impact on VWs future and where they are today.
Numerous really bad decisions in a row because the owners and management because of short term thinking.
Diesel gate didn’t stop them forking out record dividends to the owners…. And 2 billion odd fine was a drop in the ocean to compared to the nearly 200 billion debt they run. No - it’s just been terrible management! Heads in the sand over EV’s.
but leadership and owners dint loose 1 cent let that sink in
@@mattclose5946 Diesel gate cost VW $33 BILLION US!!!
The Future of VW is not Germany, nor is BMW, Mercedes... They either move outside of Germany or can not compete.
The Golf is just to expensive. When I bought it new the first time in 1999 it was around 14.000 Euro here in Sweden. Today the hybrid starts around 55.000 💀💀
For reference, $20k Euro in 1999 is $35k Euro in 2024
Taxes taxes taxes
I live in Australia and a Golf Lite brand new is $39,990 or €25,000.
Can’t do the math in Euros, but in the US….$19,000 at a cumulative inflation rate of 89% is equal to $35,980.59 in today’s dollars.
@@darthkek1953Are the cumulative inflation rates the same for Germany? Looks like US numbers in your math?
@@Jommybutler1234 I used an Euro inflation calculator for Germany, just as I use Bank of England for UK and the US Inflation Calculator for US Dollars. All are online and easy to use.
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Until they put millions of chargers in apartment complexes and urban cities.....EV are not viable for tens of millions of Americans. The core infrastructure issues are getting worse because people are hogging the chargers. It reminds people of the 70's gas lines during the OPEC crisis.
Absolutely true!
right this moment I am forced to find a NEW car for my mother and would like a LEAF EV - right price and perfect for my mothers use - she lives in a CONDO building with NO power points in the parkade so an ELECTRIC is 100% out of the question
EVs are suitable for hundreds of millions of Americans
Ideal if you have home charging. More difficult if you don’t.
Government needs to make home charging a right so condo’s have to provide charging options. Works in Norway!
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Why bother. No one of average means can afford new cars anymore. In the used market, no one can afford to maintain them considering proprietary dealer maintenance. We're screwed, they're screwed.
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When my twenty year old Daihatsu Sirion F-speed with tiptronic four speed automatic 1300 16V Twin Cam gives up, I think I will give up and join the resistance. I will steal the copper whilst the power is out like in South Africa.
I will disagree slightly. The average new car purchase price is now almost $50k. Those cars have so much more safety, tech and performance improvements that these vehicles can’t be compared to “average” cars 20 years ago.
@@Jommybutler1234 true yet so wrong
peoples bank accounts buying the cars have NOT kept up and it is the SAME people trying to buy the new cars now as the ones that bought them then
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The cost to make an ICE car will be higher than an EV it's just a matter of time. Not only because batteries will get cheaper but just on parts count alone. It's basic math. What Tesla has tired to demonstrate is that each part adds cost and the best part is no part. ICE cars have about 2000 extra parts even if large castings are used.
And they are trying to replace the nut that holds the wheel.
@@anthonyxuereb792 Or just get rid of the nut and glue it on. One less part. 🙂
They try to remove the driver. And then the whole car.
Please do not leave out the horrifying depreciation of EV’s. It will only get worse as batteries improve. No,one will buy an older EV w limited range and uncertainty of remaining battery life.
@ Even the old technology batteries are lasting longer than expected and the latest ones are even better. Folks only think used EVs are cheap until they try to buy one. Right now new ones are a better value and leases are way cheaper than gas cars. If you care about resale leasing is the way to go.
VW can't invest, but if they sell all their European factories to China, they should have enough money to build a factory in Mexico.
It's insane really, but it is what it is. Germany will heed the EV market to China inside Germany, and produce ICE vehicles for the rest of the world outside Germany. VW will operate like a foreign car brand inside Germany.
Why would Chinese car companies choose Germany? It’s seen what the militant unions have done to VW.
Except VW doesn’t know how. VW relied on Grohman Eng. Tesla bought Grohman in 2017. Day, “Good night” German LEGAs.❤
Also it seems their factories in China may not have any real value….
I find it misleading telling that the problem is the high worker salary. When the real problem is the high energy price and with it the relocation of the chemical industry.
So VW isn't paying higher labor wages than any car maker on the planet?
Also obsolete manufacturing practices and slow pace of development. Not sure if it was scrapped, but they planned to use gigacasting in 2026 in Trinity factory. That is snail pace development. They have become ossified. When Tesla encountered chip shortage, they redesign everything in months. What was VW reaction?
Labor is generally the first place to cut when trying to reduce vehicle cost and price. It will be difficult for legacy automakers to survive.
He said high cost not salary, is all combined
Correct I learned that even in the 1980 a car was build in 8 hours of work in the factory...assembling one.
Now even much more automated with robots. Means that labour is a minor costs component.
However al regulations in the EU are driving costs very high ...such as the very high energy taxes and prices.
ICE cars are going to get really expensive really quickly.
Well, they are not getting cheaper .... costs rising much faster than inflation. They are getting more complicated with CVT transmissions and smaller turbo engines.
Reliability collapsing and then the cost of repair going through the roof. Golf used to be a pretty good car .... they will probably still sell well in Mexico. Smart to make them there.
Not surprised if that happens but couldn't care less at this point in time tbh, because if ICE cars really are going to be phased out by 2035 (I don't believe all of them will...), I'm certainly not spending a single cent on a brand-new ICE car! It's either switch to EVs when possible/convenient; or just keep driving used ICE cars until the wheels fall off or spare parts no longer available...
I do like that some car models no longer offer a Diesel version, only EV or Hybrid, it's a sign that the automotive industry really is trying to change direction, so we'll see how that pans out in the next 10 years, which is just around the corner really...
Don't forget Donnie's TARIFFS...
ICE cars have more parts than EV... much bigger supply chain all that adds up to total cost
Why do you believe ICE will get more expensive, “really quickly” ? What portion of the entire world are EV’s even possible? Large areas of the planet have almost zero electric infrastructure.
QUERY/COMMENT: Here's something I haven't heard discussed much anywhere: FUEL TAXES! What is going to happen to many countrys' tax bases that pay for highway building and maintainance (not to mention it as a General Revenue source) when most cars stop using petrol? E.G., Here in Canada governments grab almost 40 cents from every litre for themselves.
I think this topic would fit your channel well. Keep up the good work, and CHEERS!
Other countries have talked about a tax for EV's based on how many kms were driven the previous year at say, 2 or 3 cents per km. The average of 15,000 kms would yield a tax of $450 based on a 3 cent per km tax.
Cars will be taxed per mile driven.
@@fredbloggs5902 we already do that in NZ
Fuel-Duty in the UK goes into general taxation, the responsibility for road repairs is then pushed onto local councils who are expected to collect most of their revenue from local council taxes.
Electricity per kWh price already includes 25% obligations and taxes, that are mainly designed for industrial, household and business premisses - for EVs these taxes be reassigned by the UK goverment to cover fuel duty as a quick win.
However, in the longer term per mile pricing is being considered for the UK, with what's happening in New Zeeland being closely monitored, and would be applied to all cars not just EVs.
Raise electricity prices.
They blew up the Nordstream 2, and now it's too expensive to produce anything.
Russia sabotaged nothstreem them self .
Also Chinas ship was cutting Internet cables .
Plus….the ridiculous green regulations. I wonder how all those fired workers will vote in the next German elections?
Add to this the green regulations and you have a perfect storm…
@@NoiserToo China ship was detained for cutting ocean cables .
Russia destroyed its own pipeline .
I don't think Germany blew up Nord Stream 2. Besides Nord Stream 2 never delivered any gas. So had no real effect on Germany's energy problems. The main company hurt when Nord Stream 2 was cancelled was it's main owner Gazprom.
Poland would be a perfect balance between labor costs and quality.
I beleive mahy parts for european cars are made in Poland. My wheels and speakers in my audi are made in pPoland. Woould be a great place to build the golf
and would remain european.
@@Mp-re1wj yes, there's a lot of automotive parts factories in PL, for instance Toyota gearbox factory.
The gas in Germany is to expensive so move your production in Mexico.
Is all VW production going outside Germany? It sure seems labor and energy costs are forcing it.
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My '15 mk7 Sportwagon SE 1.8 has been great quality!
05:12
It’s NOT Moore’s Law.
It’s Wright’s Law.
It should always be remembered that when you shift to offshore production, you are shifting part of the value added income producing industry offshore. Eventually, without an income producing industry to offset the lack of income, the economy does not have the income or ability to buy imports. There is a dependency developed on other countries when you do not make your own products, as well as a shift in income resulting in a loss of onshore jobs.
true that BUT is GERMANY the profit centre for VW? that makes MORE money selling in the USA and previously CHINA
You are witnessing the destruction of *Unions.*
They are obviously still necessary, but they just as obviously have outlived their ability to enforce their rules.
The big OEMs are now all *_multinationals._* Unions are *_national_* and fundamentally limited.
The sad end of a great industrial nation.
A pity about VW and the Golf, a lot of automotive history disappearing there. I bought a new Golf Mk5 2.0 litre diesel 6 speed manual in 2006 here in Australia and it has been awesome. I drive it every day and we still do long road trip holidays in it (4000 - 5000 km). Fuel consumption is around 4.0 to 4.5 lts/100 km (53 mpg to 59 mpg), sometimes 3.8 lts/100 km (62 mpg). On a road trip it does 1050 km on a full tank (650 miles). My first car was in 1967 and the Golf has been my best car ever by far. I’ve rented several Chinese cars and they just feel a little bit tinny after the Golf.
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WEF 2030:
“You will have nothing and you will be happy.”
I have no money and I am not happy.
When I have money time after time is much better, I can pay for the things I need.
Germany’s push to net zero, over regulation and an industrial sector that simply was not able to adapt has resulted in this calamity. What an own goal.
The ICE Golf is a great car. All the car most people need. The e-Golf was even better, but they must have lost a ton of money on it.
Not ending german production but ending IG METAL.
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Wonderfull❤ i hate Cheaters, like Vw
Mercedes having been building in Mexico for around a decade. I have two friends that have bought them just before covid, within a year or two both sold them due to continuing problems caused by poor build quality. Hopefully they have upped their game in the last five years.
Executives could take a cut in pay? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha This will destroy the German economy. VW was salvaged by the British Military to employ Germans. Mexican labor pay is excessively low.
When the Trains skipped the stop in Golfsburg, maybe they had a look into their crystallball.
ICE cars are not getting cheaper .... costs rising much faster than inflation. They are getting more complicated with CVT transmissions and smaller turbo engines.
Reliability collapsing and then the cost of repair is going through the roof. Golf used to be a pretty good car .... they will probably still sell well in Mexico. Smart to make them there.
But who asked for complicated CVT transmissions? Who asked for complex 7-8 speed automatic transmissions on 1.2L engines in almost entry level car models?
It sure wasn't me!!...
Have you seen that? ID buzz the old Volkswagen Van. That's gonna sell like hot cakes
Life in Germany is about to change. This will be one to watch.
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Germans have laughed about the British car industry collapse for decades, now they're going through exactly the same thing. Let them suffer I say. They've treated the consumer badly for years.
For Volkswagen it's the normal way of things. Whenever VW ends the production of a certain model, they transfer the old factory equipment somewhere where Labor is cheap. They often produced models of which they stopped production in Germany somewhere abroad, like the beetle which they produced for many years in Mexico or the Transporter T2 they built in South-Africa for certain markets. Normally they change production lines during summer and winter holidays.
I'm pretty sure, we would have heard if they dropped the Golf completely, but all I heard so far, are rumors that they think about an electric Version (ID.Golf) and about stopping producing combustion cars in Germany freeing capacity for electric cars.
VW has been building cars in Mexico since 1967.
Petrol powered Golf is on the way to be phased out in Germany / EU. Electric Version is called ID3
Yes, but nobody explained to me, where the electricity is coming from (here in Germany).
Thank you Ulrich. You are very smart and informed👆
I like the golf variant, and the Arteon Shooting Break, but no one in the states will buy them.
What is the price of Polish made VW Golf vs German? and I was under the impression that automation would drastically reduce the amount of labor required, so what happened?
Most VW models for the U.S. market are made in Mexico or Chattanooga Tennessee.
Pretty sure Volkswagen moved production from Mexico to Germany a few years ago I think the problem is they are to expensive and they should make them more simple and fun to drive maybe get back to what made them more appealing in the first place.
Look , if energy costs are an increasing problem in Germany for the Golf and other vehicles… then what does that tell us about electric vehicles that plug into the grid ?
If they make themin Mexico hopefully we can get them again in Canada.i want a golf station wagon.
There are many countries that are doing fine without making cars. Australia did well to bail out.
Hardly use my car because I cycle and use public transport. So A cheap EV hooked to the house will be my future.
I solely believe XAI105x will do 20x after its launch price, the hype is high and its community are not relenting.
BMW also plans to move the Serie 3, and worst it’s, only produce EV
Germany is running out of gas
First Elon bought X and now he launched the XAI105x token this year is crazy
Also China has increased the use of Coal to provide power to electrical power grid , coal-powered-EV🤦♂️
Work ethics has a lot to do with it, westerners have lost it, here in Australia, you would have trouble getting people to show up,a HR manager told me, when applicants are told no mobile phones during work hours, they get up and walk out!!!
Doesn’t matter about improvements in battery technology when, in the UK for example, 44% of homes are unsuitable for home charging, the public charging network is still poor and the price of public charging is prohibitive. Most people simply cannot afford to buy an run an electric car. And if you do charge at home, don’t do it at night and/or in a garage for fear of burning your house down. I think you’re in a dream world if you think this terrible technology is a solution to anything!
In the west country, locals with EVs have been charging their cars at home in garages for the last 4 years at least - and no fires. Those with Teslas have no problem charging away from home. Yes, some chargers are expensive and rubbish, but not the Tesla chargers. So not all doom and gloom.
No mention of TSLA in Germany?
Just got my XAI105x tokens! Thanks for the informative video that led me here!
Let's hope golf jetty are stand alone ev that's right dedicated to ev.
Years ago a friend bought a brand new VW Golf that was made in Mexico. The first time he crawled underneath to do the first oil change he saw the undercarriage was UNPAINTED. He took it back to the dealership and they had it painted. Quality control???
He regretted not spending the extra for the GTI that was still made in Wolfsburg.
Just bought my first XAI105x tokens! Your video made it clear this is a must-have in my portfolio
I mean, they moved Beetle production to south America. It’s what happens.
So Tesla is going to lose its $7500 tax credit in California. The governor is looking at excluding them from the EV tax credits.
The Golf is VW (since there’s no more Beetle
Why doesn't VW move production of the ID Buzz to Mexico? That's the vehicle I'm most interested in. Better yet why don't they build the Buzz at the Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant?
Wages, high cost of production, cheap Chinese EV, etc ..
They moved Polo production to South Africa, now moving Golf production to Mexico, tomorrow.....
It is interesting that the EU imposes import taxes on EVs, but does not impose export taxes on capital and technology when production is transferred outside the EU. The result is the same as if the import tax did not exist = destruction of domestic production and imports from countries that are not subject to import tax.
this malady that has decimated manufacturing in all western countries is unstoppable. In the west manufacturing is too expensive thanks to many factors including (but not limited to) excessive regulation , short term management philosophy, militant unions, currency , and a world where free trade overrides all other considerations , including working conditions . Unfortunately for VW and other German manufacturers, their value is in their brand more than their vehicles. These brands are loosing their lustre as buyers start to realise that the German element of the brand is nothing more than a tilt of the hat to a long gone history of great engineering.
Sam, are you saying that some people are doing on sick-put at Tesla in Germany as well?
Tesla will expand lines and move humans to them whilst using robots for the mind numbing mundane tasks. Keeping staff levels the same but with higher turnout of units across multiple lines.
Your observation reflects the ability of capitalists being able to move production, while labor is not free to migrate. There's also the increase in German energy costs due to Nordstream Destruction. Maybe that's why German industrialists didn't protest so much when they lost cheap Russian Gas... An additional excuse to relocate to lower wage areas
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Well, it will no longer be a Golf then. Might as well call it a Molf.
You don't the quality of vehicles made in Mexico unless it is a giga factory to prevent defects.
Years ago I had a Chevy Malibu. The warranty was about to end. There was a ticking noise under the dash. It took the technician 8 hours to find it. Good thing I brought it in under warranty.
It was a negative screw holding it to the body or ground. The ticking was because the screw wasn't fasten securely. 8 hours at the dealership at 170 dollars per hour for a loose screw.
Manufacturers claim to improve quality, but explain why so MANY recalls.
CEO'S want to bring in new products that fail before doing enough testing on them.
CEO'S wtf. Recalls cost the MSRP increases because you don't build the vehicle right to begin with. Bringing in a vehicle today is about 200 dollars an hour.
Back 40 years ago you could work on your vehicle. Today technology is crazy.
Most people that have an income of 80 k can't afford a 50 k vehicle.
So here we go again to 2006 to 2009.
Homes over 1 Million dollars in California in 2006. BUSH JR allowed Banks to borrow Federal Government Money for about free.
T dropped interest rates to low and now people can't afford it.
Last time Obama had to correct the Market lending. T has bankrupt everything he touches.
Can't wait for t bankrupt the US.
management has to lower their compensation not just blue collar workers
If you must have a golf,then hunt down a low mileage, well serviced mark 7/7.5. The 1.4/1.5tsi engines are strong with a low turbo boost pressure. Change oil every 10ks and you have a sweet vehicle. The mark 8s are freakin' garbage, with nasty interiors.
Cheers all from New Zealand
If Mexico, then its because of the Inflation Reduction Act in the US, and the fact the EU did not respond in kind.
Clearly, santions work! 🥰 Oh wait, wrong target! 😱
Does Electric Viking even know about the sanctions and energy costs imposed on Germany? 🙂
VW stick with ice cars and go out of business switch to electrification improve production and survive.😊
@4:44 Anybody who thinks that there will be *_any_** ICE* vehicles sold in significant numbers is _smoking something _*_recreational._*
I figure Q4 2028 should be when *ICE* sales make an interesting *_crater_* in the world economy.
End of 2026 ? When the 2nd owner in 2028 figures the 3rd owner in 2030 will by then not exist.
See how bad the dodge,charger electric car is? What a flop.
Stellantis talked about moving Alfa production to Poland but Mafia stepped in and got rid of Tavaris
Hecho en México
I recently wrote to the German guy from Auto Gefühl channel how sad it was that he was so excited about showcasing the “new” Golf … he said “what do you mean?” … Even German UA-camrs can’t see how 💩💩💩 German auto industry really is .. VW can’t possibly advertise the Golf as German if made in Mexico .. I bet they won’t pass on the savings to the buyers either
It's not any one thing, it's all the important costs, starting with energy, labor, bureaucracy... all conspired to sink VW. Not looking good. Diess raised the alarm, they fired the messenger.
TOYOTA has moved some of their production to MEXICO to save labor costs. Has TOYOTA passed ANY of this savings on to their customers? Ha ha ha ha! That's a good one!
VW isn’t paying too much for labor they are just using too much labor hours per car.
30 hours for ID3 and tesla can make a model y with 10 hours…..
So just let us know if the German chancellor is going to try to stop VW from moving those jobs like Trump is doing to companies in the US.
Blatant misrepresentation.
Trump seeks to incentivise production in the US.
A ‘ban’ on moving jobs elsewhere has NEVER been suggested.
@@JohnSmith-x3y8h Trump said during the campaign that if John Deere moved jobs to Mexico that he would slap big tariffs on Deere products coming back to the US.
@ Imposing tariffs on foreign imports is NOT the same as banning jobs from moving abroad.
You’re clueless
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@@JohnSmith-x3y8h I never said Trump was going to ban companies from moving jobs out. If you read my comment, I suggested that that he is going "to try to stop" them. That can be achieved through an outright ban, which is against US law, or by an economic threat like tariffs. I don't know what your problem is understanding that. You must hate Trump. Why don't you go outside and get some fresh air.
Well hopefully they will have better build quality. Seriously seeing all these german brands struggling is no surprise, unreliable over priced cars . Germany won't have any manufacturing in the near future.
A little known fact-> VW stands for “Very Wrecked” 🤕😷💥🔥
I bet if Elon had his time over again he wouldn't have selected Germany as the place to build his European factory.
Golf production going to Mexico?
It's following the good old VW Kever (beetle) at the end of his life. That one was also produced in mexico a little longer.
In Canada, we already get Jettas from Mexico - low quality. But we don’t blame Mexicans for “German” engineering 😂