In the year leading up to being sold in North America, VW leadership consistently said that it was going to be an expensive lifestyle vehicle. Old people with fat wallets feeling a sense of nostalgia.

It has been on sale in Europe for a few years and there have been a number a shortcomings identified. Mostly around UX and electronics. VW said they’d fix everything, but for the moment they’re going to sell everything to people who care more about how it looks than how it works. Essentially telling anyone who cares to wait until the updated version is ready (or buy something else).

This whole thing was an amazing example of incompetence. Firing factory workers can’t fix it.