>Of course - given the reliability of my 2001 Golf in the 4 years I have had
>it...
>
>VW could be making the right step [ in the near term] of letting Daimler
>help them with the mini van.
>
>Apparently the new Jettas coming out of Mexico are having problems - which
>certainly wont help VW
>
>Fix their sales slide.   Who knows? Maybe the venture will get all the good
>VW stuff and none of the
>
>Bad [ it could happen....i think...]
>
>I drove a Ford Galaxy people mover in Ireland this summer [ a joint venture
>with VW]
>
>6 speed stick, Tdi, all VW dash and components..... Not a bad collaborative
>[ an old one too...]

The Galaxy was a Ford-badged VW Sharan. As far as I am aware Ford had
very little input in the design. And the Sharan came VERY low on
reliability ratings in England.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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