DelPiero1980

Consumer Reports hammers the U.S.-market VW Jetta droid_dtm "Perhaps the review misses the point of the new Jetta. VW has said they want to become more mainstream and ditch the entry-premium position it holds. To that end, sophistication is not needed when one considers coma-inducing best sellers like the Corolla and Civic. Sales figures show vanilla is what the American public wants, and thats what VW has given them in the latest Jetta" True, but that strategy would have worked for VW in the mid-2000s when GM,Ford and Hyundai's compacts were piece of craps. The only competition were the uninspiring Corolla/Civic. Now a days just when VW decided to make special purpose Jetta/Passats for America, Ford, GM and Hyundai have One car for all markets. And just when VW thinks that Americans like cheap interiors in their compacts (contrary to their believes in the '99 Jetta), GM, Hyun and especially Ford decided to put soft-touch quality dashboards. And just when the Jetta goes back to torsion-bar suspension the Focus has independent rear suspension. It was a really bad idea for VW. They took a step backwards just when GM takes 1 step forward, Hyundai takes two and Ford takes five. Good luck VW with your American Passat and reaching 800K cars by 2018. The new Malibu and Mondeo/Fusion are around the corner

All New 2011 Audi A8 Revealed - 87 Photos, Initial Details and Video Updated I am really dissapoint at Audi. I think they have stalled in their designs. Their coupes are very attractive as well as the A7. However, in their sedans ther designs have been evolutionary. I think their mistake was putting the big single grill on their past generations A4 and A8. Had the 2002 A4 tail lights, headlights and grill kept their design until 2008, the 2009 A4 with the big single grill would have been a revolutionary change. The same problem with the A8 except it is worse because the taillights of the D3 A8 and D4 A8 are virtually identical. Can't wait for the D5!!! hopefully I will old enough to purchase it!

Volkswagen Plans US Offensive I love VWs, but to take out Toyota as the #1 automaker is going to be a very difficult task if not impossible. Toyota has been building customer loyalty and confidence for over 20 years. With VWs having the reliability they have today it will take until 2030 for that to happen considering they sell 300K jettas/rabbits, 350K passats a year, 100K tiguans, 80K touaregs, ummmm.... pick-up trucks?? enough said.... unless they are the red sox in the ALCS of '04 and '07 they have the odds against them loosing the series 0-3!!!!