Australian Volkswagen dealers have commenced five-year/unlimited kilometre warranties.
Vehicles purchased as of this week until December 31 on all MY18 Polo, Golf, Amarok, Passat and Arteon, Tiguan, Touareg, Caddy, Caravelle and Multivan, Crafter and Transporter models are covered by the longer warranty period.
The end-of-year clearance incentive aims to shift stock before the arrival of 2019 models, particularly the base model Amarok Core V6 and new performance-variant Golfs.
Volkswagen Australia says the five-year/unlimited kilometre warranty, while only short-term, competes with similar arrangements with Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Ford, Peugeot and Jeep.
Volkswagen Australia PR manager Kurt McGuiness tells AutoTalk, the five-year/unlimited kilometre warranty is not categorically ruled out in future plans.
“The (five-year/unlimited kilometre warranty news) release outlines our current stance and future consideration,” he says. “So there really isn’t anything further to add.”
Volkswagen Australia says the company is optimistic about clearing a “backlog” of supply orders from Europe and cracking a fourth consecutive year of 60,000-plus sales.
The backlog, Volkswagen says, has been caused by the global standardised emissions and fuel economy testing regulations in Europe, known as the Worldwide Harmonized Light-Duty Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP).
WLTP standards, a more “realistic laboratory test procedure”, are replacing the New European Drive Cycle (NEDC) “which no longer reflected adequately today’s driving conditions or vehicle technologies”, the European Commission states.
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