>It is UGLY! I wouldn't be caught dead driving or owning one. I have to agree. VW has totally lost its way. Once it made simple but sophistcated vehicles which were affordable (in some markets! They were expensive in most). Now it makes aluminum Audis, Lamborghinis and Bugattis... none of which are even reliable, I'd bet. >VW has always been known for its styling expertise as evidenced by >the Rabbit to Golf transition The Rabbit WAS a Golf (abeit a bastardized one), with badge-engineering. >upper scale Jetta- oooops... I meant Passat. The Passat has always been unrelated to the Gold, apart from sharing drivetrains. Tha Jetta (Bora) is a 3-box Golf. >I get the distinct impression that VW is floundering as a company Amen. >It's time VW went out into the real world and asked people what they >really want instead of relying on Ford's, GM's or Chrysler/Daimler's >marketing figures. If VW really wanted to bring back buyers by nostalgia, it could have done the job properly. The New Beetle could have been a modern rear-engined boxer-powered car, but no, instead they tacked a tacky skin onto the tawdry Golf 4. The new Microbus coould have looked very similar to a Split van (the best-looking van evey, even perhaps one of the 2 vans ever made that could be called beautiful) with modern mechanicals and practical interior. But they spit the dummy again... -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3) 473-8863 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Fossil preparator Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut -------------------------------------- Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top posting frowned upon? |
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