Why wouldn't this new car be repaired?

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This brand new Tiguan is absolutely massive spec and seems to have very minor damage - or am I missing something?

http://www.s-w-s.co.uk/stock_details.asp?Id=13440&...

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Decky_Q said:

The tailgate is closed but the tailgate open light is lit on the dash.

On the first one? I think that just means it set to automatically close as you walk away from the car.


The second car linked to is even more incredible - it looks hardly more than scrape.

Is scrapping them a recent thing? We had a new Peugeot once that had had the bonnet replaced. It only became apparent as its red paint faded at a different rate to the rest of the car.

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TooMany2cvs said:

About £7k off list on that particular car.

Although it only looks like a scrape, I guess there's be no warranty on the car. Bearing in mind early life failures I'd want a bigger discount than that.

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loose cannon said:

Damaged new cars were quite common when I used to check in new cars off the transporter,
Quite often they would have roof damage from trees as the route to the dealer I worked for at the time was laden with trees, as long as you picked up the damage when checking them in and marked it on the relevant document
The transporter company picked up the bill, and they went away for repair,
I think the worst I came across was a v class ambiente that had been squished at the back and got re shelled,

So any idea why these Tiguans wouldn't have been repaired? One seems to have little more than a nasty scuff.

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anothernameitist said:

I'm aware that these vehicles have been damaged prior to ncoming into England and are sold to SWS by VAG Germany,

I bet that really pisses off VW UK.

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KTF said:

Am not sure if it would as they are not the property of VW UK at that point so they haven't lost anything and the car isn't yet theirs to repair, etc.

Also the gate price of the car will be far below the retail price so if a few get damaged in transit then its buttons in the grand scheme of things.

It's not a big deal but having other sales channels always annoys distributors (which is what VW UK are). They also may have to deal with questions about the cars and perhaps having angry customers some way down the line who don't understand why VW is telling them to sod off.

I'm a bit surprised that VAG allows cars out into the wild unsupported. I'm aware that other manufactures crush cars that get damaged - as you say, the manufacturing cost is relatively small.