Re: [comment] VWoA...WTF?

[VWMikeLVW@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/14/00 12:23:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
res00v06@gte.net writes:


> I have a general comment here regarding VWoA...
> Why is it that all the really cool VW's are not being sold here in the USA?
> I mean, I can get a Jetta, Golf, Passat, or Vanagon. Why can't we get cool
> cars like these...
>
> http://www.volkswagen.com.br/frmset.phtml?id=4
>
> ...I mean, I LOVE my Scirocco, but I'd like a Saveiro, that's one cool-ass
> truck! And with proper marketing would provide stiff competition to that
> market.


The answer is simply, VW has their head up their ass. They are trying to 
compete against more expensive cars in the US and couldn't give a rats ass if 
the "enthusiast" might want something a little different. What I wouldn't 
give for a Lupo,...but will they ever bring us anything that cool? doubtful. 
Instead they think americans only want big cars, that's why the Golf is 
almost the size of a minivan now and has lost most of it's agility. The GTI 
is a joke, and has totally run off course from what it once was and intended 
to be. How much does a Lupo cost in Germany, anyway? Maybe I can bring one in 
through Canada. Ok....that's my rant.

Mike
http://www.geocities.com/vwmikel
'84-Arkay Turbo Rabbit GTI
'84-Rabbit GTI - uh.....
'77-Rabbit - project
'80-Scirocco S - (um... to be:1.9L crossflow, turbo, 6 speed, widebody?)