VW Traton has made a bid for Navistar
Navistar who made diesel engines for Ford Pickups and VW who is cooperating with Ford on Vans and the New Ranger. Now VW's heavy Truck division wants to get into the US market, although Heavy Trucks ...
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Ductape wrote:
Interesting. I don’t know that will be welcome news considering Volkswagen’s reputation for unreliability in the US.
Of course Diamler is no better, yet Freightliner has taken the lion’s share of the market, so what do I know? Price sells more than any other consideration I suppose.
Yeah, my company have been dealing with VW's people at Navistar for a few years now since they purchased 16% of the company. VW's lack of quality in order to attain the cheapest product possible is becoming apparent just as Daimler/Freightliner has been doing for years. It has worked for them because they have had the strongest market share yet the lowest resale values of any truck by far because those who buy them only look at up front costs and not long term value. It is just a basic cheap truck for the masses just like VW cars. Goes to show that just because you sell more of something does not mean it is the best.
My inside guys at Navistar said this was suppose to happen years from now, but with Navistar loosing a several lawsuits resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in loses in the past few months, their value dipped low enough for it to happen now.
