[s-cars] Q7 ramblings

[Ez Veedub]

Ha, I guess you must work for them. I used to. Don't believe all the hype. 
They all have same issues bud.
Wasn't this a audi/qauttro/s-car forum??


>From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
>To: "Ez Veedub" <ezveedub at hotmail.com>
>CC: DGraber460 at aol.com, quattro at audifans.com, s-car-list at www.audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
>Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:16:15 -0500
>
>So what if Lexus doesn't sell well in Europe?
>
>We're talking about the US market, that's what we've been talking about the
>whole time,
>along with the reliability and control interfaces of these cars.
>
>You're taking potshots at Lexus now because you don't have a leg to stand 
>on
>in that
>argument.
>
>We're not talking about how boring the cars may be to drive
>
>On 3/2/07, Ez Veedub <ezveedub at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Things have changed for Lexus, they are now ranked 5th in 07 by Consumer
>>Reports. They were 1st in 06. And MB in at the bottom at 36. Audi is
>>ranked
>>12th just to let you know. And yes, Lexus sells car very well in the US,
>>and
>>ONLY the US. LEXUS (Luxury EXport US)
>>Ezveedub
>>
>>
>> >From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
>> >To: " DGraber460 at aol.com" <DGraber460 at aol.com>
>> >CC: quattro at audifans.com, s-car-list at www.audifans.com
>> >Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
>> >Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:47:48 -0500
>> >
>> >Except that Lexus does better than MBZ, BMW and Audi and they don't use 
>>a
>> >stupid
>> >MMI/iDrive/COMAND system. They are probably the best at gauging the US
>> >market
>> >anyway.
>> >
>> >I think all of this crap that the Germans are foisting on us is
>>eventually
>> >going to bite them
>> >in the butt. Give me the RS5 Clubsport edition- no MMI, manual heat/air,
>> >manual transmission,
>> >manual seats, no sunroof, no back seat, ceramic brakes, aluminum/CF 
>>body.
>> >:-)
>> >
>> >BTW, I saw a recent R-M Auction that brought much more reasonable 
>>prices-
>>I
>> >think the
>> >Barrett-Jackson bubble is going to burst (which is a good thing, as a
>>$35k
>> >'69 Z-28 is a
>> >much better proposition than a $110k car at B-J).
>> >
>> >Taka
>> >
>> >
>> >On 3/2/07, DGraber460 at aol.com <DGraber460 at aol.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > One thing we must remember is that these engineering designs and
>> >decisions
>> > > are NOT based on the desires of loyalists such as this group. They 
>>are
>>
>> > > driven
>> > > by  marketing research data. If the "Premium brand" marques are 
>>moving
>> >in
>> > > a
>> > > given  direction and sales do not drop (and the press praises it), it
>> >will
>> > > flourish. It is cutting edge. It is market positioning and image.
>> > > In  building and
>> > > selling high end cars there are 3 critically important  factors:
>> > > Image.
>> > > Image.
>> > > Image.
>> > > Long term you have to deliver the goods. But _today_ you must impress
>> >and
>> > > dazzle with "new" and bragging rights type "stuff", even if that is
>>more
>> > > complicated and detrimentally complex.
>> > > The "Bangle Butt", I-Drive, and Barrett-Jackson prove that the
>> > > buying  public
>> > > can be an illogical, image driven, herd of sheep.
>> > >
>> > > I am sort of old school, and love a dash full of switches and dials
>>and
>> > > gauges.
>> > > Let me control everything and give me a bank of toggle switches  and
>>I'm
>> >a
>> > > happy camper.
>> > >
>> > > Dennis
>> > > No longer the  target market!
>> > > Denver
>> > >
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