Maybe my next car won't be a VW.
It would be cool if Toyota brings back the Supra some day, hopefully in time for my mid-life crisis...
HAHAHHA well ive read in a couple magazines that toyota has a prototype of a supra they are planning to start production on....would be awesome to see them on the road again!! You were gonna go VW?? what would provolk you to do that? diesel or?
Royce,
I always liked Volkswagen, probably going back to early childhood when my father had a couple of them, including a nice silver wagon. I can still remember looking out the window and seeing it parked in the street gleaming in the sun. An uncle of ours had a yellow Beetle, we could hear him coming from a few blocks away, that cathartic distinctive sound Beetles made back then.
VW is probably the first brand logo I recognized as a kid, much like kids today who identify with the Nike swoosh or the Golden Arches.
For me, it has always stood for dependability, quality and strength and simplicity in design. I always liked the car's looks too, from the Beetle to the Rabbit, and the early Golf cabrios that evolved from Rabbits. They always looked different, inside and out, than their Japanese counterparts. Even in modern Golfs, the controls inside look like those in more expensive cars, solid, sophisticated, very sporty. Exterior-wise, the boxy Golfs and Jettas of 10-15 years ago were nicer (imho) than the rounder ones today.
And I never remember there being any anti-VW sentiment here in North America (and especially Canada) like there was against the Japanese imports. There was always a positive, happy feeling and vibe about Volkswagen.
But now I hear everybody saying the cars built in Mexico are not very reliable. I'm not so sure, but it seems I've heard that many times from different people, so there must be some truth to it.
I would have liked to check out the VW factory in Wolfsburg back in the day they were churning out Beetles to the tune of 1.5 million a year.
