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Date:         Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:53:48 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: "green" cars (NVC)
Comments: To: Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <5.2.0.9.2.20040217103309.02d11250@mail-hub.optonline.net>
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Tim Demarest wrote:

> Have you seen the ads for the VW Phaeton? > > Let's see, they're selling a car almost no one can afford, by running a > cute l'il radio controlled Beetle all around it (the car almost everybody > could afford)... I'll bet it's not very "green" either. > > VW seems to have wandered off the mark a bit...

The thing is, no one (except the Koreans) wants the low end of the market anymore. There's no profit in it. The profit is all in luxury SUVs these days -- they're not very expensive to build, and carry a high markup.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia '86 Volvo 240DL wagon


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