I do like leather steering wheels, but whatever VW is using is the cheapest feeling material I’ve felt in a car. It was slippery and just plain awful.

It definitely has a better AWD system! Too bad most consumers don’t care about that, or they buy a Subaru. The overpriced Touareg doesn’t sell well because VW priced itself out of the SUV market and put itself into the luxury SUV market. The VW badge does not sell well at luxury prices (also see the Phaeton for…

Yes the Touareg was compared to a BMW because that’s where they priced it. I sat in a GTI and a CC, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to drive them. Just sitting in them they were ok, but I was disappointed by the steering wheel material. I wish I was able to drive them, but I wasn’t able to on that trip.

Touaregs are significantly higher quality than those SUVs you listed

Thank you, that looks like it took a bit to write. Some of those are definitely nice perks in a car! Though many of those I’ve seen widely available on other brands for at least 10-20 years (especially Mazda/Subaru).

I’m not changing goal posts at all. If you look at the comments you’re replying to, my first comment was:

Most of the appeal isn’t apparent until you own one for a while, lots of little things that you don’t notice

Technically the Q7 competes with the x5, the VW competes with... the Highlander?

The V6 is special order only. The cheapest you can walk into a dealer and buy is $46,745.

Not sure what you want me to elaborate on? The VWs were generally more expensive while offering less options than the competition.

Yes! We were able to catch my son’s Crohn’s disease earlier because of the bloodwork during his yearly physical.

I’m not sure what “meme” you’re referring to. I’m just giving you my opinion after sitting in VWs after other cars we test drove. The interior quality or ergonomics were no better than many other models available. The Touareg was especially bad, being priced significantly higher than the competition while offering the…

I was at a VW dealer last weekend and had the opposite opinion. I couldn’t figure out how VW could charge so much while offering so little. Sitting in several did not change that opinion.

Seriously. Every month when they released the local DUIs there’s a bunch with double-digit offenses.

We’re living in the future!

I’ve actually found the opposite to be true Tom. I get a trade in offer from a dealer, and then counter with CarMax’s offer. The dealer usually raises their offer to match it.

Props for the interrobang!

I feel like it would have been better for them to show us that, instead of telling us that over and over and over and over and over (I actually lost count how many times she said it).

I don’t have a problem with this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The only issue I had with Rey was the “don’t grab my hand” part that they beat you over the head with over and over. I get that it was there to show that women don’t need men’s help, but it felt very obvious out of place.