I have a very specific question that maybe someone can help me with. I have a 2011 Jetta TDI Sportwagen that I was getting ready to have VW buy back from me. Then, yesterday, I got into a very bad car accident that was not my fault (rear ended on the freeway). The auto body shop anticipates that my car will be…

So, I thoroughly looked through the PDF benefits, and it appears that the vehicle value for model year 2015 is based on MSRP x 0.717, which brings our “vehicle value” estimation to $16000 in September 2015, over $1000 less than the current value TODAY. So, essentially, if you have a 2015 model year, you’re getting A…

So, for us, there seems to be significantly less cash compensation if we do the buyback vs mod if I’m running the numbers correctly.

My math says VW is low balling the 2015 value’s.

You’re on the right track, except for the owner restitution part. As noted in the paperwork (from the vwcourtsettlement.com website), the Exhibit-1 Benefits PDF states that the owner resutution consists of two compnents: 1) a variable component comprised of 20% of the value of the vehicle, and 2) a fixed component of…