Fiesta, IQ & Golf Battle for 2009 World Car of the Year Award

There are some big flaws in your logic. If VW simply market for the "peasants" then why is it typically more expensive (albeit not by a lot) than many of its competitors? Also, it just so happens to be a good car as it is, so if it's working well for them then why would they change it, why would they try and be all fancy with unnecessary measures if what they already have works so well. Same logic goes behind the Porsche 911's, and surely you won't say those are just being marketed to the masses too? It seems a lot more like you are biased against the VW, towards the Ford, or both. I mean if anything, it is the Fiesta which is marketed for the peasants as it is the more affordable small car that they're trying to give everything. Hell it isn't even that small any more.

no, he is right, vw's "low ego emissions" campaign said it all. They are selling cars that you can feel good about buying without sticking out. But if you are buying a car for that reason, I believe you are being way to self conscious about your image. [edit]It's like dating an average looking girl with a good heart and turning down a good looking girl with a good heart, just because the good looking girl may fall into a bad stereotype.

I fully agree with you. The fiesta and the golf dont bring anything really new, while the iQ is revolutionary.