Scirocco mentioned in NYTimes

[rocco16v at netzero.net (L F)]

Just as I suspected:  "mid-priced" VW roadster.
You should know what THAT will mean....

Larry
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  From: Jason 
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  Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:39 AM
  Subject: Scirocco mentioned in NYTimes


  A Sober Show in Germany

  The International Auto Exhibition alternates annually in location and often 
  in spirit between Frankfurt and Paris. This week, it opens in Frankfurt as 
  the sober and serious Internationale Automobilausstellung. Press previews 
  start on Tuesday, Sept. 9, and doors open to the public on Friday, Sept. 12.
  Times are lean. And both the production cars and concepts set for 
  introduction tend to be bread-and-butter models vital to the futures of 
  their companies: notably the Volkswagen Golf and Opel Astra.
  The fifth generation of the Golf - which had been Europe's best seller 
  until it was surpassed last year by the Renault M?gane and Peugeot 206 - 
  was delayed, VW critics say, by the diversion of company resources to 
  luxury brands like Bugatti and Bentley and to expensive new models like the 
  VW Phaeton. The Golf takes few risks; more exciting is the Golf-based 
  roadster concept that could provide VW a midprice sporty car of the sort it 
  once had with the Scirocco and Corrado.
  Volvo will show a new version of its S40 compact sedan. That car will 
  eventually come to the United States, but the Jaguar X-Type wagon, another 
  Frankfurt introduction, probably will not.
  For the well-heeled, Aston Martin shows its new DB9; BMW rolls out its 6 
  Series coupe; and Mercedes-Benz will introduce its $250,000 McLaren SLR 
  supercar.
  - Phil Patton

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