R36 Press Car(s)

**Wolves1877** · 23-05-2008, 04:54 PM

Does anyone know if or when VWA are making a R36 press car available?

If there are cars arriving in the country next week then hopefully there will be a press car or two in amongst them and we will start to see some reviews before long?

**Vene** · 23-05-2008, 05:09 PM

From what I've heard.....dealers should get a demo car in the first shipment, i.e. mid June.

**JDubber** · 23-05-2008, 09:54 PM

G'day I contacted VW Aust to get the official answer last week, or even to see if there was a show car I could visit after missing the motor show. They had no idea where the show cars were and when the dealers in Sydney might get a car.

I hoped they would have had more info than what I got

**Wolves1877** · 26-05-2008, 05:32 PM

OPVW, any inside information about press cars or demo cars, particularly as there were a bunch of cars dropped in Melbourne last week?

**OPVW** · 27-05-2008, 12:50 PM

There are R36's in the country that's 100% confirmed but they will kept under embargo for who knows how long.

We've not heard if/when we'll receive stock or demos but given the way that VGA have handled the Tiguan I can guess how it will unfold. They'll say when the embargo ends, they'll send cars to us a few days before. We picked up our Tiguans yesterday, getting two licensed today and be driving them tomorrow. There's so much conjecture about the R36 release date that it's hard to know what's happening.

FYI -- the two R36's that were sent around the country were on loan from Volkswagen (international) and I'm told have been sent back to Wolfsburg to be crushed....yes...CRUSHED! No one has told me why that was happening but reliably sources say that's exactly was was to happen to them.

As for press cars.. damn good question. We supply the press with cars from here time to time. I'm guessing that for pre-launch test drives they would be arranged through head office and therefore kept unknown to dealers.

If I hear anything, this will be the first place I head to with details.

Iain

**Wolves1877** · 27-05-2008, 01:59 PM

Is anyone starting to get the feeling that there's potentially something not quite right with these cars??

Cars being delivered to a country with absolutely no indication of an official launch date.
Press cars being returned and crushed.
no press coverage available in any country around the globe.
no test drives or pre-launch test drive reports from anywhere around the globe.

What aren't they telling us?

**Vene** · 27-05-2008, 02:54 PM

This is bordering on stupid.....I'm not sure when to sell my car now. I don't want to have to finance two cars if I don't have to.

Why would VWA order the cars and have them sit in a storage facility? Doesn't make sense......

**gareth_oau** · 27-05-2008, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Vene

This is bordering on stupid.....I'm not sure when to sell my car now. I don't want to have to finance two cars if I don't have to.

Why would VWA order the cars and have them sit in a storage facility? Doesn't make sense......

coz they WANT you to pay the luxury car tax