Polo can't possibly be more gutless than my 6000# Vanagon with 48hp diesel... I'd buy one in a second if they were available here just for the mileage. Power is the most overrated characteristic of vehicles. I was just commenting to my wife yesterday how amazed I am that despite being in a diesel Vanagon that I consistently have to ease off the accelerator for others when coming off stoplights. Everyone talks about power - cars are manufactured and marketed for power - no one uses what they have...
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Andrew Grebneff Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:24 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Can VW find it's Beetle Juice? >Polo: VW needs a small car. The Golf V is huge, so really is the Golf IV. >There are lots of small and cheap cars in North America that are selling >extremely well in the 15.000 range - VW isn't one of these companies >anymore. The Golf I [Rabbit] sold extremely well as it was simple, small >and cheap - something that today's VWs are not. Wouldn't you rather have a >VW Polo instead of a Chevy Cavalier? The Polo is a dud. Junk engine (that 1.6 is gutless); understeer & more understeer. Unless VW has done something about this with the new generation (not sure last year's Polo has been replaced with a new car). >if VW offered the Toureg with a 2.5TDI--either a >hopped up five or a V6--people would have lined up around the block for a nearly 30mpg SUV for $35k. 30mpg in a 2.5-tonne tank?? C'mon! -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE |
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