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Date:         Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:23:58 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Can VW find it's Beetle Juice?
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>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

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