3.0 TDI new dealer inventory

Has anyone heard any news on when dealers might be able to start selling their remaining new inventory of 3.0 TDI's? I have a deposit down on a 2016 Q5 with 3.0 TDI and getting "itchy" to potentially take delivery - if the "deal" is right. We already bought a new 2015 2.0 TDI Golf Sportwagon last spring when they were released & really like it. Also still have a 2014 Jetta Sportwagon TDI to sell back to VW next spring.

I recently spoke to the owner of our local VW dealer and he'd not heard anything about when they'll be able to sell remaining '16 3.0 TDIs. Bet Audi hasn't either.

A customer stopped by the other day with an A8 TDI. Beautiful car, although more car than I'd want to drive on a regular basis. But a '16 Touareg would be tempting.

right now its illegal to sell any of them.

Going to be REAL interesting to see what value they can hope to get for 2 & 3 year vehicles. I cannot imagine that the EPA will force them to destroy those higher priced vehicles, but suppose the government has done crazier things.

redrock53 said:

Going to be REAL interesting to see what value they can hope to get for 2 & 3 year vehicles. I cannot imagine that the EPA will force them to destroy those higher priced vehicles, but suppose the government has done crazier things.

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If VW hadn't tried to skirt the laws then all of this would have been moot. The government is only enforcing the laws on the books. It's a sad state for sure, but VW/VAG is the entity that is responsible for shouldering the consequences of its actions. VW/VAG was the "crazy" one here.