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I had previously guessed that VW had sold about 40,000 TDI as of the end of November. I went through VW's sales figures media releases and added up how many they have sold. Some of these numbers are given and therefore confirmed by VW, some are calculated, and some are estimated. Those which are calculated are from VW's official media releases of sales figures which say something like 80% of wagons sold were TDI this month. I used those percentages to guess how many TDI were sold in the months when they didn't announce the percent of TDI sold.
To make a long story short, here is my estimated current number as of the end of November: 55,947 plus or minus 4,000. This is getting close to the 60,000 limit! My best guess that the total TDI sales figure will pass this number sometime early 2010 because sales in December are normally slow because of the holidays. Accounting for a few thousand cars sold during December they will be very close to the 60,000 mark, plus or minus 4,000. The IRS hasn't announced anything yet so I can only speculate that they haven't passed this mark and my estimates aren't too far off. Because the credit ends the quarter after the quarter 60,000 sales are reached, I'm pretty confident that the latest the full credit will end is the end of 2st quarter 2010, or June 2010.
IMHO, this is a HUGE slack job on VW and the IRS's part. The last official number they gave was 12,218! I do not fearmonger on this site but I do try to put together the best information out there based on what's available. See the link for the monthly table breakdown and check for yourself. http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/TDItaxcredit.htm If you appreciate the info that I've given vs. the info from VW and the IRS, feel free to look at any ads in the FAQ article that you may see, it pays the monthly hosting and infrastructure costs but not even anywhere close to my time to put all this information together.
To calm down any panic attack that may cause you to run to the dealer and pay over MSRP, this is just the end of the full credit amount. You can still claim 50% of the credit amount for the next 2 quarters, or until the end of December 2010. You can still claim 25% of the credit amount for 2 quarters after that or until the end of the Alternative motor vehicle credit, which is Dec 31, 2010.
To make a long story short, here is my estimated current number as of the end of November: 55,947 plus or minus 4,000. This is getting close to the 60,000 limit! My best guess that the total TDI sales figure will pass this number sometime early 2010 because sales in December are normally slow because of the holidays. Accounting for a few thousand cars sold during December they will be very close to the 60,000 mark, plus or minus 4,000. The IRS hasn't announced anything yet so I can only speculate that they haven't passed this mark and my estimates aren't too far off. Because the credit ends the quarter after the quarter 60,000 sales are reached, I'm pretty confident that the latest the full credit will end is the end of 2st quarter 2010, or June 2010.
IMHO, this is a HUGE slack job on VW and the IRS's part. The last official number they gave was 12,218! I do not fearmonger on this site but I do try to put together the best information out there based on what's available. See the link for the monthly table breakdown and check for yourself. http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/TDItaxcredit.htm If you appreciate the info that I've given vs. the info from VW and the IRS, feel free to look at any ads in the FAQ article that you may see, it pays the monthly hosting and infrastructure costs but not even anywhere close to my time to put all this information together.
To calm down any panic attack that may cause you to run to the dealer and pay over MSRP, this is just the end of the full credit amount. You can still claim 50% of the credit amount for the next 2 quarters, or until the end of December 2010. You can still claim 25% of the credit amount for 2 quarters after that or until the end of the Alternative motor vehicle credit, which is Dec 31, 2010.
anic: At least there's a bright side to not being able to find any TDI! So is this the REAL reason why they announced that they are ramping up production of TDI for North America?
