Date:         Mon, 1 Jan 2001 11:33:37 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: !non-vanagon content : poll: would you buy a new beetle?
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>Should corner all right, as just a rebodied Golf.  Which is all right by the
>standards of the class says he with a Honda Civic.

The US/Canadians gets softer suspension/damping than the rest of the world.
Even with the stiffer nonUS suspension, road tests slag the Golf & New
Beetle for poor handling (especially excessive understeer). Sports car?
Come on!

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