>In a message dated 9/6/02 7:38:17 PM, andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ
>writes:
>
>
>>   there hasn't been a true enthusiast's car from
>>  VW since the original Golf I GTI,
>>
>
>I, and my Corrado, object to that assessment.
>
>I still remember the VW ad, with the old Beetle suspended below a helicopter.
>Then it starts falling. Down in the distance on the ground is a Corrado
>carving up a twisty road. Then the voice over... "There are two ways to get a
>Volkswagen up to 140mph. Introducing the Volkswagen Corrado."

But handling? The Golf 1 was a  handling benchmark. All subseqent VWs
(excepting the T3) were understeering pigs, and that's the "European"
suspensions... the US versions were far worse.
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut