IMPORTANT UPDATE!
Hi Guys, I have some bad news, and some good news. First the bad news (an email reply from Volkswagen of Canada) and the Good news (an email reply from Autoblog.ca) Here they are:
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Volksagen of Canada:
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Dear Daniel,
Thank you for contacting Volkswagen Canada Customer Relations and bringing your inquiry regarding the Golf GTD to our attention. Your satisfaction is of the utmost importance to us and we appreciate your time in allowing us to assist with this matter.
We were pleased to learn of your enthusiasm for our products and our brand; we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your passion and loyalty to our brand. As you mention our TDI technology is a really attractive alternative to many consumers and an asset to our brand.
Generally, North Americans tend to prefer a more powerful engine as compared to our European counterparts. The availability of the Golf TDI helps to encompass this preference.
At this time, Volkswagen of Canada does not have any plans to introduce the Golf GTD into the North American market. We appreciate the information you have provided to us and this was shared with our product-planning department. We would like to confirm to you that Volkswagen does not take your comment lightly and we hope we will soon meet your request for a larger array of diesel-powered vehicles in Canada..
I appreciate your providing me with the opportunity to respond to your inquiry and hope you find this information useful. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me through our Customer Relations Center at (800) 822-8987. If I am not available, one of my associates will be able to assist you or please visit us on the web at
www.vw.ca.
Please be advised that you may receive a short survey by e-mail regarding your customer service experience with Customer Relations.
Sincerely,
Leighton
Customer Relations Specialist
Customer Relations Center
Toll Free: 1-800-822-8987
Fax: 905-428-5867
Website:
www.vw.ca
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Autoblog Canada
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Sure we might be able to run something on that. Anyone interested in producing an article? Any bloggers in the bunch?
Cheers,
Dave
DAVE PANKEW
Editor | Autoblog Canada
P: 416-263-8164 | C: 416-271-9565
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 12:42 PM
Subject: Fwd: Autoblog Canada feedback: Can petitioning really influence volkswagen?
---- Original Message ----
To: cautoscan <cautoscan@aol.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 13, 2012 7:31 pm
Subject: Autoblog Canada feedback: Can petitioning really influence volkswagen?
Name: daniel
URL:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bring-the-golf-gtd-to-canada/signatures/page/2
Subject: Can petitioning really influence volkswagen?
Hi Autoblog,
I was wondering if you'd be able to help us gain exposure to the following. We
at tdiclub.com are trying to bring to volkswagen's attention that we in canada,
want higher performing diesel engines, want a voice separate from VWoA, and have
started an online petition and website to do so. Our main focus is to have
Volkswagen bring over 500 GTD Golfs from Europe, similar to their Golf R batch.
By gaining as many petitions as possible, we'd like to see how influential the
public voice is, especially when it comes to enthusiast like us at tdiclub.com.
Feel free to contact me for futher information or visit our forums at
www.tdiclub.com. we're hoping that with autoblog's and the media's help, we can
spread awareness to achieve our goal.
thank you from all of us.
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So Here's the summary, Volkswagen of Canada says there's no market. Autoblog.com wants us to write an article to prove them wrong. I'd like to know if there are any dedicated bloggers or writers on this site who would do justice to the GTD and write up an article for Autoblog and get even more names on that petition.
We're all tired of waiting for Volkswagen to make a move. Maybe all they need is a little push!
If you're interested in writing the article, please post to this thread and PM me directly. I'm now in contact with Autoblog.com and will pass your information on and article to them.
