They say that they don't want to chase sales but if they only sold 203 cars in October, they will struggle to keep the dealerships open.

There is no market for a RM200k D segment car here. Look at the Mondeo, it's a great car. It sells brilliantly in the UK but you would struggle to find 10 on the roads of KL. The Peugeot 508 is in the same boat although I'm sure Peugeot must be offering big discounts on the 508 by now. The Mazda 6 diesel is priced around there but sales are slower than the last 5 minutes on a wet Friday in work.

There is a market at the high end for BMWs and Mercs at RM300k or more for their D segment offerings and a market for D segment cars like the Camry and Accord at around RM150k but there isn't much in the middle.

So either VW offer steep discounts to price their cars to get the price much closer to the Japanese or they start shutting down dealerships and accept a bit part role in Malaysia's car market.

I always feel that Malaysian car reviews are just puff pieces. They only comment on the good things about the car. I guess they are afraid of offending their advertisers.

I'm wonder if any B8 Passat owners can comment on the seats. I went to VW yesterday after work and was blown away by the 2.0 B8. It's an awesome car.

The only catch (apart from the 200k) is the seat bolstering. It's very supportive when you are in the driver's seat but it makes it very uncomfortable getting in and out for me. I'd imagine it's one of those little issues which would annoy me more and more over time.

This post has been edited by roocarroll: Jul 16 2017, 02:02 PM