cruiser647 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 VW made a big profit in 2007:- Profit!!!! And they also have an ambitios goal........:- [ QUOTE ] The company aims to overtake Toyota as the world's leading car manufacturer in the next ten years. [/ QUOTE ] Errr, wow! Good luck to them and I hope they do it - will have to improve reliabiltiy a bit, but the products are certainly nicer than Toyotas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 They can start by canning pointless shite like the Golfplus and Toerag, and give us more like the new Gti. Oh, am I the only one still lamenting the end of the Lupo Gti ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 [ QUOTE ] They can start by canning pointless shite like the Golfplus and Toerag, and give us more like the new Gti. Oh, am I the only one still lamenting the end of the Lupo Gti ? [/ QUOTE ] Not sure about the Toerag. Does a good job of competing with the other tractors and looks better. Also, get rid of the Fox. Bring back the Lupo - hopefully the Up! concept will come to fruition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemod Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Oh, am I the only one still lamenting the end of the Lupo Gti ? [/ QUOTE ] No, I'm with you on that, my Wife still has one, 6 years old now and going strong (the car not the wife) and she says she will never sell it as there is nothing out there yet to replace it.. It still gets admiring glances and because there are none about, I think we have the only one in NI, people still think its new.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Ok heres one for VW, the Fox....the sales man tells me its a "city car". Uh ok, so wheres the Automatic option? The thing is with VW, maybe they include other brands they own etc. is that, in a global capacity they are not reliable enough or cheap enough to big sellers. Personally my money would be Hynudai-Kia for global market leaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Oh, I was going to post this anyway - "Tiguan, the compact 4X4 thats at home in the city" - WHAT THE F*CK ?! Why do you need a 4x4 of any type in the city ? Still, if its at home in the city, I won't be stuck behind one of the budget chelsea tractors out here in the country. [edited to add, I'm not in a grumpy mood because I've skinned my knuckles and damaged most of the brake components when changing the springs on my 5 series this morning. In the rain. Honest] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 What about improving customer service at dealers? I echo the comments regarding the Lupo GTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Lupo GTI, Duisberg? Never mind the GTI - Mookette and Mook Jnr have both decided they want a Lupo when they can drive (a long way off yet, thank feck!) Not a GTI, though. I'm absolutely not encouraging my kids to have any interest in cars at all. Especially not quick ones. No. No. Honest. No.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Also, get rid of the Fox. Bring back the Lupo - hopefully the Up! concept will come to fruition. [/ QUOTE ] L<font color="red">UP</font>O SC<font color="red">IROC</font>CO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Lupo GTI, Duisberg? Never mind the GTI - Mookette and Mook Jnr have both decided they want a Lupo when they can drive (a long way off yet, thank feck!) Not a GTI, though. I'm absolutely not encouraging my kids to have any interest in cars at all. Especially not quick ones. No. No. Honest. No.... [/ QUOTE ] ....That's what I said a couple of years ago! "Daddy, do they make this VW in pink?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Apparently Audi gave the equivalent of £4k to each worker this year as a bonus for doing so well. Now you know why all the Audi's seem to be getting more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durrsaku Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Sorry but nothing wrong with Toerag, actually would buy it before a lot of other tractors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 I'd have a Touareg rather than a Cayenne or an X5. Still unddecided about whether it would be better than a Q7, despite it looking like it's been hit with the ugly stick. Although it's all immaterial - I don't want a Chelsea Tractor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair_A3 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Whats wrong with the Tourag> Its one of my fav 4x4's along with the X5 and Cayenne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 ....What about the VeeDub R50 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 What about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 ....That the R50 is more exciting than a Tourag, Mook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 But it's a Touareg with (probably) the V10 5.0 diesel in it. So that's marketing bullsh*t for you then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alera Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Dosnt surprise me at all the high profits. They make desirable reliable motors that people want to buy. I dont like 4x4s but the Touareg is about my favourite. Cayanne is an ugly pig in comparison.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Cayanne is an ugly pig in comparison.... [/ QUOTE ] ....But it goes like pig sh!t off a shovel though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 But they don't though. The only one that shifts is the Turbo. The S is a V8 and sounds great, but they're really feckin slow in comparison to any "performace car". Golf GTI excepted, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 [ QUOTE ] But they don't though. The only one that shifts is the Turbo. The S is a V8 and sounds great, but they're really feckin slow in comparison to any "performace car". Golf GTI excepted, of course... [/ QUOTE ] So much less practical than a high performance estate ie (All-road or the Volvo XC70). IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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