new model musings

["G. Benedikt Rochow" <rochow@segosf.hlo.dec.com>]

-I had been wondering why the "Passat Plus" mentioned here and
there should be anything but A6- or A8-based, while the reports
usually speak of a "stretched Passat".
At
http://www.vwvortex.com/features/w_passat/index.html
the first spy photo seems to have the current A6 roofline, no?

-Beetle RSi, same website, seems to look a little more 
like the old Beetle (in the front at least) than the normal model.
The rear still doesn't at all, though. Hm.

-Besides the Golf 4 wagon, there'll be a Bora wagon, too.
 Of course they're basically the same (as they should be),
 but for upgraded trim (interior and exterior, I guess).
 So which one will be used as teh honestly-named Jetta for
 the US?
 (I just love that statement that the change from Jetta to Bora
 was made to indicate that it's not just a Golf with a 
 notchback trunk anymore. No - it a Golf with a notchback trunk
 *and* different headlights!)

-gbr