...and don't forget...

...the SUPER beetle ("faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap..." OK
not really :-)

At 07:31 AM 5/28/2004 -0400, Michael Rule wrote:
>VW never made a sports car?   Scirocco (I had 2), Corrado spring
>to mind immediately, not to mention GTI's... of course, we aren't
>talking Testarossa-level units- but fun, nimble and quick fits my
>easy-going sportscar definition!
>
>
>On Fri May 28 06:25:28 EDT 2004, Andrew Grebneff
><andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote:
>
>>>Dont you people care about gas mileage?  The new subaru's are
>>>only getting
>>>in the low to mid 20's, barley better than the small SUVs?  I
>>>have a 92
>>>legacy wagon AWD, gets over 30 mpg, gutless yet, but cheap to
>>>drive and
>>>bulletproof.  I for one am very disappointed that subaru has
>>>gone from
>>>producing fuel efficent cars for the masses to satisfying the
>>>needs of the
>>>few with the deep pockets
>>
>>That's trhe exact opposite of everything I have heard. The older
>>EJ
>>engines were never noted for economy, and the newer ones are
>>considerably better.
>>
>>>  VW is selling overpriced made in mexico yuppy
>>>cars, and overpriced SUVs and sportcars
>>
>>VW doesn't and never has made a sportscar.
>>
>>>for those with more money than
>>>brains.  The practical car market is going to the koreans (kia's
>>>and
>>>hyndai's).
>>
>>Koreans for some reason seem to like large cars with small
>>engines.
>>
>>>  Toyota and Honda saw the same
>>>things, and created the Acura and Lexus brands to accomodate the
>>>market
>>trend.
>>
>>Acura is a name Honda chose to sell certain of its cars in the
>>North
>>American market. The rest of the world gets them with Honda
>>badges,
>>as it should be.
>>
>>>It's a bit ironic actually, do you remember the BRAT, the four
>>>seater
>>>"pickup"?  I wanted one as a teen-ager.  Subaru has always
>>>exploited the
>>>loopholes...
>>
>>Ah, the Leone pickup, also sold as Brumby in Australia. Still see
>>the
>>odd one around.
>>--
>>Andrew Grebneff
>>Dunedin
>>New Zealand
>><andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
>>Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
>>
>
>
>
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>Michael Rule
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>The trick is to listen to what the experiments tell you -
>and to not be fooled by the myths of authorities --
>Constantine Spyropoulos (1928-1984)