Denver's Premier VW Dealer
10/26/09
Western Region VW Dealer Council
I will be representing Area 49 as a Dealer Council member this week in Las Vegas. Please let me know if there are any topics that need to be presented to VWoA. Both from a consumer level and dealership level.
10/13/09
Turbo R32 gets a little faster
Our turbo R32 turbo kit has been updated to Stage III however we ran slower than expected in our recent 1/4 race. Unfortunately we think we are running less than 10 PSI in turbo boost. Hopefully if we change the wastegate spring we will be able to run 15 PSI boost and get our 1/4 mile time down to 12 seconds.
9/26/09
New Jetta Sportwagen!
Check out the beautiful new Jetta Sportwagen. I like the aggressive front-end.
9/12/09
Awesome August!
Congratulations to the new vehicle department for our best sales month ever. Thanks to Cash for Clunkers we sold 89 new Volkswagens plus 79 used vehicles. We nearly tripled the other dealers in the metro area in new sales and we finished in the top 25% of the nation in customer satisfaction and the top 10% in sales.
Our Parts Department was also 5th in the nation in parts purchases. Great job teams! Keep it up.
Our Parts Department was also 5th in the nation in parts purchases. Great job teams! Keep it up.
8/10/09
Cash for Clunkers...Blessing or Curse???
No doubt the Cash for Clunkers or CARS program has been successful at driving customers to our dealerships. It has been great to see increased traffic and particularly increased sales. In fact at our current pace we would have our largest new vehicle sales month by almost 200% and would be close to out of inventory by the end of the month.
Despite the great success of the program I am not sure if it is a blessing or a curse. Currently we have not been paid on a single Cash for Clunker voucher that we have submitted. Not only is the process to get our money time consuming and at certain points absurdly inefficient but the payment process has been worse. Just today it took over an hour holding on the phone to learn that some of our submissions were rejected due to a government computer error and they would have to be resubmitted and put back at the end of the line for payment. Despite not being paid by the government and having over $100,000 in receivables we continue to give customers what the government says is their money in hopes that we the dealer will be reimbursed in the future. I guess at this point all I can do is cross my fingers and hope the Obama administration holds true to their word.
Despite the great success of the program I am not sure if it is a blessing or a curse. Currently we have not been paid on a single Cash for Clunker voucher that we have submitted. Not only is the process to get our money time consuming and at certain points absurdly inefficient but the payment process has been worse. Just today it took over an hour holding on the phone to learn that some of our submissions were rejected due to a government computer error and they would have to be resubmitted and put back at the end of the line for payment. Despite not being paid by the government and having over $100,000 in receivables we continue to give customers what the government says is their money in hopes that we the dealer will be reimbursed in the future. I guess at this point all I can do is cross my fingers and hope the Obama administration holds true to their word.
7/25/09
NPR interviews Emich for Cash for Clunkers story
Click below to hear the NPR interview with Fred Emich IV on the new Cash for Clunkers or CARS incentive that the Federal Government is running.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106936163
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106936163
7/10/09
Facebook page and crazy commercial launch
Come see our new facebook page at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Denver-CO/Emich-Volkswagen-VW/108224100619?ref=ts
Current TV Commercial:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Denver-CO/Emich-Volkswagen-VW/108224100619?ref=ts
Current TV Commercial:
Great June!
Congratulations to all departments for exceeding their forecasts for the month of June. Special thanks goes out to Service for being in the top 25% in the nation for Customer Satisfaction. Parts was the 14th largest purchaser of VW Parts in the Nation last month! Currently we are ranked as the 17th largest Certified Pre-Loved VW dealership in the nation, and we were once again 1st in new VW sales in the tri-state region. Thanks for the all the hard work and dedication. You all are greatly appreciated!
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