The economic crisis is gradually killing or has killed not only a few models, but also entire brands. Now two more "deceased" will go to the car cemetery – Volkswagen Routan and Jaguar C-X75 .
Volkswagen most likely paid for the rebranding of the Chrysler Grand Voyager . Routan was exactly that. The sales results of the car went lower and lower year after year. Last year, "still" over 12,000 cars were sold, but this year, Volkswagen did not exceed even 10,000 units . And that is a pitifully small number for such a large concern and such a large country. In addition, the contract with Chrysler for the production of the model has already expired . Therefore, it is not surprising that VW will make a thick line for the Routan after the end of this year . Although the probability is only 99 percent, it is still taken as a fact…
And Jaguar ? He in turn paid for very ambitious plans. As he himself stated, it is not the easiest to sell a car at this time for 800,000 – 1,000,000 pounds (approx. 25 – 31 million crowns). Nevertheless, he has already produced 5 functional samples , which will be developed until May next year. After that, 3 of them will go to the auction, 1 to the museum of the brand and 1 for presentation to journalists. And the "revolutionary" drive, which was supposed to combine a turbocharged and supercharged sixteen-cylinder with an electric motor ? No word has been said about it, yet up to 60% of the technologies developed for this car are to be used in future production Jaguars. So we are curious…
Source: autocar.co.uk, worldcarfans.com
