On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Tim Demarest wrote:

> Have you seen the ads for the VW Phaeton?
>
> Let's see, they're selling a car almost no one can afford, by running a
> cute l'il radio controlled Beetle all around it (the car almost everybody
> could afford)... I'll bet it's not very "green" either.
>
> VW seems to have wandered off the mark a bit...

The thing is, no one (except the Koreans) wants the low end of the market
anymore.  There's no profit in it.  The profit is all in luxury SUVs these
days -- they're not very expensive to build, and carry a high markup.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon