Scirocco stuff on the vortex....?

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

> 
> From: "GREG DUNN" <greggearhead@adelphia.net>
> Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 08:00:40 EDT
I will offer what I know about some of these points...
> 
> VW had a Concept VW Bus they showed years ago.  Got RAVE reviews and people
> went nuts asking when it was coming out.  Very similar reaction to the New
> Beetle/Concept 1 show intros.  They toyed with the public, then never
> produced it.  This was probably 5+ years ago.  
 
Yeah.  They are going to build it, but it will not be until '07 for some reason.  Something about they want to wait until they can modify the new Eurovan platform vs. building it on an aged platform (*shrug*)...


> 
> Ferdinand Piech is known to be a tyrant of a boss, and suggesting his ideas
> might be wrong or off base has been proven grounds for losing your job.
> That makes for a company that will go wherever the owner wants, even if it
> is wrong.
> 
He left the company IIRC about a year ago.  A man named Piechstrieder (sp?) formerly of BMW is now at the helm.  Piech definitely wanted to go up market, which was dumb.  They only sold 1300 of the Phaeton, which proves how dumb it was.  I doubt they sold that many of them in Germany.  

I have not seen any real improvement since the new boss took the job on.  I am hopefull there will be some significant changes.  I think the man will do well, BMW is the only German brand in the top ten for customer satisfaction in Germany (in the equivalent to JD Power)...  Let us pray...

David

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