VW doesn't put the best parts into the cars...and any other manufacturer for that matter. I am not talking bout putting in a larger engine, but rather things like intakes or exhausts. Why does the aftermarket have to make the car better when the manufacturer can? I am not talking bout things like tuning either...mostly bolt on mods that VW can do simply. Just a thought on why the car companies do this...can anyone inform me? I know someone knows...
"Better" is an assumption, not a fact.
If you are a manufacturer that sells, for example, 100,000 GTI's in a year and it cost you $10 each to make/install/design a particular intake. This particular intake gives the car a particular power/noise curve. Then a supplier shows you another intake that will cost you $11 each net (delivered and installed in your factory) that will give you an extra 5 HP with a different power/noise curve.
That's $100,000 that you need to invest for something that not necessarily will be appreciated by the vast majority of the 100,000 customers. So what you do?
- You let the aftermarket deal with that demand -if any
- You create you own aftermarket subdivision and sell that sucker for $500.
We are not even going to go into EPA regulations, safety and other regulated/mandated characteristics of a car and what changes in design and OEM equipment can do to facilitate or block meeting those regulations in the scheduled time and cost.
Hey, I don't like either of the 17" or 18" OEM wheels that are available for the GTI but that does not mean that VW have to offer a 19" option just because
I like 19" wheels. The vast majority of GTI's in the street, sold, are running 17" or 18"s so, what's for VW business-wise?