I don't think their marketing this van towards us.  Volkswagen is
very very smart for doing what they did.  To ship the Touran to the
Americas will cost too much.  There is no mistake that Dodge makes a
good mini van - Ford and Chev are throwing in the towel in this one.
The engine and drive train are non-VW but it is the trim and finish which
is VW so in a lot of ways it will be a superior vehicle to the
Dodge.  It's made in Canada so it has to be good! :-)

People don't buy cars to drive for the next 25 years.  Remember in
VW's eyes we're weird and we don't make them any money so they simply
don't care about us as Vanagon owners.  Most people want to lease
something or own something for five or six years until the warranty is
getting stale and then sell it - starting the money making cycle again
which is what the car manufactures want.  VW is a money making
company, not out friend who thinks we're cool driving a 15 to 25 year old
van.

I bought a Touareg for many of the above reasons -
nice modern vehicle with a warranty that for the next five years I have to
put fuel into and that's it.  There's something really nice about
that.

David Marshall

http://www.hasenwerk.ca
http://www.fastforward.ca

Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J
3J2

On Wed, February 6, 2008 11:44, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> heres pics of the new vw rotten.
>
> pardon me, i
just threw up alittle bit in my mouth.
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http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3669830
>
> if i
want a chrysler minivan i can buy one from the dodge dealer right now
> for $10k less than vw will want for the same thing with a different
grille
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