Vanagon EuroVan
Previous (more recent) messageNext (less recent) messagePrevious (more recent) in topicNext (less recent) in topicPrevious (more recent) by same authorNext (less recent) by same authorPrevious page (March 2002, week 2)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:28:03 -0800
Reply-To:     mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: New T5 thread changing to a rant.
Comments: To: Stones <sstones@idirect.com>
In-Reply-To:  <5.1.0.14.0.20020314111636.00a06080@mail.idirect.com>
Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Hey guys don't jump on me! I didn't decide to move VW anywhere. But that's what was reported in the car mags.

Mike

> From: Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM> > Reply-To: Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM> > Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:23:19 -0500 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: New T5 thread changing to a rant. > > At 08:12 AM 3/14/02 -0800, Mike wrote: >> Precisely what the head of VW has defined as the company's goal: to move up >> market. > > Well look at the VW Phaeton, it's predicted to be competing in the upper > end of the Jaguar market... Could they not have just marketed it as the > Audi Phaeton, and kept the VW line VWish? And market their sports cars > under Porsche? The lineages used to be understandable, but in the name of > progress it looks good to move upscale... Marketting the Concept 1 under > the name New Beetle is depressing to those who know what a beetle is, but > look at the bastard sell. They're certainly not going to go out of business > just because they've forsaken the roots they grew from. (Rant mode off) >


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.