It is indeed.  My company does the VW dealer sites, (we also do Saab
dealer sites) but manufacturer sites are always designed and hosted by
the mega-ad agencies that the manufacturers pay mega-bucks to for their
Web and other media services.

Remember, ego and image are often more important here than usability!
We try to design usability into our dealer sites, but sometimes we must
follow a model dictated by the manufacturer's ad agency.

And, I'll bet VW's lawyers ARE cranky, just like they say.

John Branstrom wrote:
>
> What's up with vw.com?  Is this site part of Volkswagen USA or AG or mere
> pretenders?  Someone posted a message to the sticker forum that included a
> link to the legal page (below) and the verbiage definitely does not sound
> corporate to me.  Also the site is incredibly slow.  Checked out a few other
> pages and it just doesn't look or sound like a corp. site.
>
> http://vw.com/legal.htm
>
> Blitz

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