I have a question that has thus far been unanswered on many different car
forums. Audi's parent company, Volkswagen, has been losing money in the US
for a few years, and I've heard where part of this problem lies is the fact
that it takes the workers in Wolfsburg two times as long to produce a car
than the "industry average." Does anybody know if the other divisions of
VWAG, most notably Audi, have the same problems? Do Audi workers build
them more cost effectively? Although Audi sells only about 1/3 of the cars
in the US as Volkswagen, it seems as though they are doing better, not only
profit-wise but also in increased sales percentages. I am hopelessly
devoted to VW, but would seriously consider switching to Audi if VW
continues to have schizophrenic peaks and valleys in this country. I have
heard that if VW were to ever fail here, as they almost did in 1993, Audi
would most likey remain here. That would be weird.....sort of like it is
with Renault/Nissan (Nissan is here, and doing well while Renault no
longer sells cars here, but I consider Audis to be fancy Volkswagens and
therefore still "in the family." Thoughts?