Re: [comment] VWoA...WTF?

["Andy Holmes" <scalainj@hotmail.com>]

Actually we (UK) do have Excursions - not many for sure but we have them.

Most have been abandoned stuck in width restrictions ;-)

Seriously though they are about and totally pointless along with all the 
other big 4*4, pick ups we have as our roads are too small and overcrowded.
Also they tend to get bought by the husband for his wife to take little 
Johnny 2 miles to scholl and the only off- roading they ever do is up the 
kerb outside the school.

I wouldn't want to hit one of those in anything though to be fair.

Andy
91 Scirocco Scala (being rebuilt again)
83 Jetta GL
00 Fiesta 1.3 Zetec


>From: 16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>
>To: VWMikeLVW@aol.com,dan@drumsinc.com,scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: [comment] VWoA...WTF?
>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:28:21 -0500
>
>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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