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Originally Posted by maczrool
Coming from several Touaregs, I can definitely attest to some lower grade materials which they increased in quantity as the model years went on. The first gen had a nice mix of real metal and wood on the dash, but by the third gen the metal was replaced with painted silver plastic. The leather was also really low grade compared to my vernasca leather in the X5. I just liked driving someothat no one else had that was still luxurious and nice riding. I had the only 16 diesel in town!
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Yup I've noticed the slide in material quality as well. My mom used to work for VW Corporate and can attest to this.
When the outgoing Jetta was unveiled it was panned for its cheap interior. That was the time VW's entire lineup went cheap.