[Vwdiesel] RE: Rabbit droppings # 88 . ---( the Hybridqustions) nowsmall cars

[Shawn Wright]

Perhaps that's true, but there's 3 where I work, and the youngest owner is well into their 
40s, the oldest around 55... We also have far fewer Excusions and the like around here, 
although that's changing, and lots more VW diesels. I would guess that 1 in 3 A4s I see 
now are TDI around here - there's 3 of them on staff: 2 A4, one A3, all silver Jettas.


On 14 Jun 2004 at 16:54, TexasTDI <TexasVWdriver at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Chevy Aveo, Suzuki Swift, and the new Scion line from Toyota are all aimed
> at one market -- the under 25 crowd.  A very small part of the overall car
> buying market.
> 
> Christopher J. Thornton
> 1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 242k miles
> 2000 VW Golf 1.9TDI (turbo diesel) - 102k miles
> AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
> http://www.amsoil.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "greg rich" <greg4vwparts at hotmail.com>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:22 AM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] RE: Rabbit droppings # 88 . ---( the Hybridqustions)
> nowsmall cars
> 
> 
> > Not entirely true at all
> > Why did Chevrolet and Suzuki bring out the Aveo 5/Swift? It is a puny
> little
> > car that was not here for a few years but brought back into the market.
> How
> > about the Toyota Scion models (Echo hatch in Canada), another really small car
> > that was introduced lately. Mercedes will be selling Smart cars in Canada this
> > fall, 3L/100 kms turbodiesel. VW has Lupos with Transport
> Canada
> > for testing for 3 years now, Audi has a couple A2s in testing too. GM just
> > introduced a whole new line of small cars, the Epica, Optra, Aveo etc, all
> > small cars that they weren't selling last year (built by Daewoo). The
> other
> > companies will follow, they are behind right now (Dodge with the ancient
> > Neon, Ford with the aging Focus...) they will have new small cars shortly when
> > they see lots of GMs selling. Small cars are making a comeback whether you
> > notice it or not VW's are not really getting bigger, the mk4 Jetta is the
> > smallest Jetta interior/trunk wise of any-try putting a 6 footer in the
> > backseat of a new Jetta and a TV in the trunk! Doesn't happen like the older
> > chassis cars (A1-3). Maybe bigger exterior dimension but certainly smaller
> > inside (I
> own
> > one from each generation-I know how much smaller the new ones are).
> > Greg
> 
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