Congratulations to the Emich Team!

November was a tough month in the auto industry, but the Emich VW team proved all the critics wrong. The sales department delivered two more new vehicles than in November of 2007 when the auto industry was down 37% as a whole. They were also the top VW dealership in UT, NM, and CO by over 20%. The parts department was the 23rd largest purchaser in the United States, and the Service Department continued their high customer satisfaction rankings holding strong in the top 25% for the year.

Fox 31 Interview

Click the link below to see text and video of the Fox 31 interview with Fred Emich IV.

http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=A7B38102E2F2CA507D48326C751972EE?contentId=7998790&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

Support Federal Loans to US Automakers

Please support federal loans to the Big 3 US Automakers. At first I thought that Chapter 11 Bankruptcy was the way to go for the Big 3, but after seeing the possible consequences I have changed my mind. Unless it a perfectly prepackage Bankruptcy there is too much risk if even one of the Big 3 file Ch 11. The job losses would be tremendous, the suppliers would have to file Ch 11 soon after, the Federal Pension Guaranty Corporation would have to cover hundreds of billions of dollars of pensions, billions of dollars of health care benefits would be lost for hundreds of thousands of employees and retirees, and the US could fall into double digit unemployment spirally the economy into a serious depression.

The claims that the Big 3 do not make vehicles that the people want are unfounded. GM is still the most popular manufacturer in the United States. Yes, they sold more cars than Toyota in 2007. Ford has produced the first Hybrid SUV (Ford Escape Hybrid) and Chevy will be the first major manufacture to offer an electric vehicle (Chevy Volt). The problem is that the Big 3 have been handcuffed with major liabilities imposed on them by the United Auto Workers (UAW) for higher wages, pensions, health care, and other benefits. While the Big 3 have been paying out $29/hour for unionized autoworkers plus hefty benefits Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and others have been allowed to bring there production from oversees into southern states with no import taxes and instead hand outs to entice them. These companies do not have unionized workers either. This gives foreign manufactures an unfair advantage to produce vehicles in the USA. The Big 3 are not in trouble because they do not make the right products, but because the US has allowed foreign manufactures to come in and produce vehicles in the US at a much lower cost because they do not have to offer the same pensions, health benefits, or wages that domestic manufactures do.

So please tell Congress to support loans to the Big 3 or we could endure an economic depression not seen since the 1930's. Why should we give hand outs to foreign manufactures and not support the backbone of American industry the Big 3?

State of the Automobile Industry

Currently the automobile industry is experiencing some of the most dire times in decades and maybe ever. It has been a perfect storm of decreased demand, credit crunches, ballooning inventories, and decrease vehicle margins. However despite what the media might lead you to believe financing or leasing a vehicle is still possible. In fact VW has some of the strongest incentives in years and right now customers can experience some of the best deals ever as dealers struggle to liquidate heavy inventories. Although financing has tightened, financing a vehicle is virtually unchanged for people with credit scores above 600. The auto financing industry did not experience the same problems that mortgage companies did because they have always known that cars are hard to find to repossess, and that they always depreciate. Therefore their loan structure never allowed for incredible losses like the mortgages did when houses were viewed as investments that always appreciated.

Over the next months you will probably see many dealers closing their doors. I would predict that most of these dealers will have domestic franchises. The optimist in me sees these days a great chance to expand our dealerships as stuggling dealership go up for sale. Hopefully people will ingnore the gloom and doom media and purchase a vehicle during these times when the best deals can be found.

Parts #32 in the USA!

Congratulations to the parts department for a much improved YTD ranking of 32nd in the country in terms of VW parts purchases. Hopefully we can end the year in the top 25 and be in the top 10 next year.

#1 in Area 49!

Congratulations to the sales team for selling the most new VW's in the CO, UT, and NM region. It was also great to see that we sold 45% more new vehicles than October of 2007 in a market that was down over 30% year over year. Keep up the good work!

The New Passat CC

One word: WOW! We just got 10 off the truck.

Congratulations to Sales and Parts!

The Sales Team was once again #1 in the Tri-State Region for new VW sales. The parts department was ranked #16 in the nation for purchases and #1 in the Tri-State region. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.

Congratulations to the Emich VW sales staff

Congrats for being the #1 sales team in the tri-state region again. I appreciate your hard work and dedication.

Turbo R32 runs 13.9 second 1/4 mile at 104 MPH

Click here to see our Turbo R32 beat a stock R32 by 2.42 seconds in a quarter mile race at Bandimere Speedway evelation 5860 ft. The time was a bit slower than expected, but pretty reasonable for running a 2.5 second 60' time. I am curious what time the car would run at sea level????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWsGT1DeDTU

Turbo MkV R32 is here!

This car is amazing! The fully custom turbo built by C2Motorsports produces over 400 hp. They dyno'ed the vehicle and it produced over 300 hp and 300 ft lbs of torque to the all wheel drive wheels. That is over a 50% gain in power over a stock R32. It is the first turbo MkV R32 in the country and possibly the world. Well, I am off for another drive!

Emich VW wins area Parts/Service award for Q2

Hats off to Todd Ellis, John Morse, and their teams for winning the Parts and Service trophy for quarter 2. Service has done a great job with customer satisfaction and Parts you are really moving the needle with your wholesale business.

Emich VW #1 Sales in Tri-State area!

Thanks to the sales team for an outstanding July. They sold the most VW's in CO, NM, and UT despite having half the lot shut down due to construction. I can't wait to see how many we can sell out of our new facility.

Turbo MkV R32

Here are the latest pictures of the Turbo R32 that will be in our showroom shortly.

Congrats to the sales team!

Congratulations Sales team for outselling the competition for the 5th month in a row. Thanks for all your hard work despite the tough working conditions. One more month and we will be out of the trailers and selling out of the new facility. Sky's the limit then!!!!

Jetta TDI is here!

The all new clean diesel has finally arrived. After a year and a half without TDI we finally have our demonstration vehicle. With 140 hp and 236 ft/lbs of torque I am truly impressed with the power and drive of this vehicle. Best of all this vehicle has nearly zero carbon or nitrous emissions. The days of diesels with black smoke, stinky sulfur smells, and noisy engines are over. AMCI rated the fuel economy at 38 city and 44 highway. On second thought that might be the best the part.

Sportwagen is here!

We just received our first Sportwagen. Looks like an amazing vehicle for the $20,099 MSRP.

Emich VW #1 again!

Once again I would like to thank our team for a great month in May. We were the #1 volume VW dealer in Colorado for the 5th consecutive month. Our Sales satisfaction was an incredible 99% (Thank you Craig Smith), and our Service satisfaction was once again above all regional and national standards. I appreciate everybody's hard work!

400hp MkV R32

Emich has teamed up with Avalon Motorsports to put a turbo in a 2008 R32. Hopefully, the project will be unveiled at Dubs Along the Rockies in August.

Emich VW's new "Market Place" Facility is almost done!

Emich VW's new building is almost completed. The long awaited state of the art Emich VW facility at 1260 S Colorado Blvd in Denver CO is so close to the move in date that we can hardly wait. We are expecting to move in sometime in late June. Look to both the blog and the website at http://www.emichvw.com/ to be there for this once in a lifetime (or 50 year) event!

Tiguan is here!

Come test drive the #1 selling vehicle in Europe!

Well what do you think? Leave your comments below.

Emich Volkswagen Top Seller In the Colorado, New Mexico, Utah area

The Emich Team has worked very hard and even though we are working out of trailers waiting for our new building to be completed we have been the top sellers in the tri-state region for three months running.
Thats a great accomplishment and I want to thank everyone who is a part of Emich VW.