>Of course - given the reliability of my 2001 Golf in the 4 years I have had >it... > >VW could be making the right step [ in the near term] of letting Daimler >help them with the mini van. > >Apparently the new Jettas coming out of Mexico are having problems - which >certainly wont help VW > >Fix their sales slide. Who knows? Maybe the venture will get all the good >VW stuff and none of the > >Bad [ it could happen....i think...] > >I drove a Ford Galaxy people mover in Ireland this summer [ a joint venture >with VW] > >6 speed stick, Tdi, all VW dash and components..... Not a bad collaborative >[ an old one too...] The Galaxy was a Ford-badged VW Sharan. As far as I am aware Ford had very little input in the design. And the Sharan came VERY low on reliability ratings in England. -- 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 DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR |
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