Date:         Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:12:58 -0700
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From:         jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: we will never see this here in the USA...VWOA=MORONS
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On 12/7/04 5:15 PM, "Nathan Daniels" <nate_daniels@SPEAKEASY.NET> wrote:

> Stupid like a fox ; )  I fumbled my non-german-speaking way through the
> konfigurator and managed to price out a highline model for a cool
> 52.000,00 Euros.  As much as I'd absolutely love to see it, I don't
> think there is much of a market for a $67000US van!  Yeah, it'd have
> leather seats, all-wheel drive, and a killer TDI, but YOW!!!
> 
> nate
> 
> 
> 
> JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
>> 
>> yea..scroll down to all the pages...6 speed 4MOTION 5cyl TDI or V6!!!!   we
>> will never see it..    VOLKSWAGEN IS SOOOOO STUPID!!!!!
>> 
>> chris
>> 
The costs are why VW has now entered more serious discussions of re-opening
mfr in the US or expanding Mexican even more.  But from what I have been
reading the last couple days on those proposals it looks like they think
they may have expanded mexico as far as they can.  What is interesting is
that the discussions are now on an assembly plant rather than a mfr plant.
Sounds like that would be a German/Mexican/Brazilian/South
African/US/Canadian vehicle.  From what I have been seeing on some of the
recent industry stuff is that VW is now in serious proposal level and may be
doing site checks.  With all the importing it would probably either be in
the south or east.  Hoping for soon rather than just proposal talk.  VW
board has been doing to much hot air with no results and the euro stock
holders are starting to stand up and growl.

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