interesting sighting

[Ken Keith]

That would make sense, since VW is moving upmarket.  
Something's got to fill in the gap.  That would be so cool if it were 
some little compact cars, that were fitted with the 1.8t motor.  I can 
see it now, an end of the era of Honda and DSM tuning, with a 
bunch of turbo VAG products running around on the streets.

So, then the VW goes up against MBZ, Audi gets pushed up to the 
ultra-luxury sector?  I say take it up against Bimmer's, and add 
some more performance bias to the line.

But yes, I live in Arizona, and I see various new VW's and stuff 
being tested.  I've seen SUV's with stealth body cladding (like a 
body bra, or a ghillie suit for a car) going down the street.  So, if 
these were just test mules, I wouldn't be surprised.

Ken

"Rave Racer 2000" <Ravewar at home.com> wrote:
> 
>     Actually, motorvision TV, on what I think was TSN, spotted a Lupo with
> Skoda badges in Oklahoma.  It was painted like a cow?  It was definately a
> lupo, but was an extended version of a station wagon type of mid sized car.
> The cow paint threw me off, but Motorvision claimed that there were rumors
> that it hadn't been decided yet which VAG sub company was to be imported
> stating that it was definately one of those two (Seat/Skoda).
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
> To: George Plsek <gplsek at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: interesting sighting
> 
> > > They all had test equipment hooked up to them as well as manufactuers
> > > plates. Are we about to see another VW/AUDI product in the states under the
> > > Skoda name plate? I heard of VW bringing a third make to the US for the low
> > > end market, that would be either Skoda or SEAT.
> >
> > More likely that VW and Audi are just doing testing on these cars.
> > They often do this in Arizona and other locales for various environmental
> > testing, but these sightings do not necessarily mean that those models
> > are going to be imported to the US.
> >
> 
>