Movie night in Eastern MA, German Car Day in Boston
Ti Kan
ti at amb.org
Thu Jun 1 11:40:02 EDT 2006
Taka Mizutani writes:
> Ti-
> You forgot the VW New Beetle- the car is a blatant copy of an old design, at
> least stylistically, with major compromises in mechanical design because of
> the styling. Furthermore, the New Beetle really is nothing special other
> than the styling (having one in the driveway). :-)
>
> Taka
Ah, you're right, the new Beetle is just such a car. I guess I was
never enthralled about it, yet when J. Mays and his team at VAG showed
the concept car it was such a sensation they had to build it.
Mr. Mays had gone on to Ford, so I guess he brought the idea over... :)
-Ti
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