Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gcc-bill.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!gcc-bill!alien From: alien@gcc-bill.ARPA (Alien Wells) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Re: New car shopping--my criteria an Message-ID: <233@gcc-bill.ARPA> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 11:09:29 EST Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.233 Posted: Thu Feb 7 11:09:29 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 05:25:06 EST References: <315@terak.UUCP> <25300007@siemens.UUCP> <438@hou2e.UUCP> Reply-To: alien@gcc-bill.UUCP (Alien Wells) Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (Home of the HyperDrive) Lines: 18 >> By the way: if more people could suppress their bias towards japanese cars, >> they would venture up to their local Volkswagen dealers and check out the new >> Golfs and Jettas.... And don't fall for the trap of thinking of the Golf as a new model of car. When I lived in W. Germany (1975-6) they were making Golfs, it is just the name they use for the Rabbit in Germany (they have a smaller version called the 'Polo'). The change from Rabbit to Golf is no more significant than the change from Datsun to Nissan (except Nissan thought they had more of a quality image to lose from Datsun than VW had to lose from the Rabbit). If you insist on thinking of the Golf as a totally redesigned, new model of car, then you should overcome your bias toward german cars and venture up to your local Honda dealers and check out the new Civics, Accords, and Preludes. Thier redesign was much more major, and they don't feel they have to change the name because the last version was so bad. Alien