On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > 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. Uhm...we've all seen what happens when VW tries to make modern, water-cooled boxer engines. I don't think they want any part of that again. ;)
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