Re: [comment] VWoA...WTF?

[16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>]

At 04:44 PM 12/14/00 , VWMikeLVW@aol.com wrote:

> 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. 


Okay, this list has been too quiet lately... time for Jason to
drum up a fight. :)
Just kidding...

Yeah, but while I don't disagree that there are European models that I
want too, the fact remains that VW is a company -- and let's face
it.  As a company, VW's job is not to make cars, it's to make
money.  So, despite the fact that we don't get what we want, VW is
doing their job by not bringing cars here that won't sell.

Plus, there are other reasons we don't have a Lupo, Audi A2 or A3,
Mercedes A-Class, Rover MGF, etc etc.  Even if we could get tiny
cars like that to pass our crash tests, who would want them?  For
better or worse (worse, obviously), everyone in this country seems to
want bigger cars -- can you imagine what would happen if a Lupo had a
head-on with an Excursion?  It's probably better that we don't have
them --  Europe doesn't have Excursions, and I bet some people over
there want them just as much as we want Lupos and Polos.  But the
fact remains that majority wins -- if it won't sell, we won't get
it.  And I am pretty confident saying that neither the Lupo or the
Polo would sell well in the USA.

Jason

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