Comments on: Lavida Loca? VW Reveals First China-Developed Car

By: cretinx

cretinx — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:40:07 +0000

Rabbit 5-doors were selling for $19,000-$20,000

I got my SI down to $20,000

GTIs were selling for $25,000

There’s a difference between what the manufacturer’s website lists the car’s price as, and what they come to the lots equipped with and the dealer asks for.

And, at the end of the day, the SI was a dynamically superior vehicle to the GTI – which is fantastic. My wife can drive it with the baby seat all week and I can autocross it on Saturday.

By: paradigm_shift

paradigm_shift — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:35:12 +0000

@ cretinx

Ummm, Rabbit 4 door starts at $17,575. GTI starts at $22,800, SI 4 door starts at $21,310, explain to me again how this is a $5,000 difference??

By: seoultrain

seoultrain — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:02:22 +0000

I’m stupid. Didn’t read the post. Sorry.

By: seoultrain

seoultrain — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:20:24 +0000

Lavida = La Vida?

By: Bancho

Bancho — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:09:14 +0000

You got your Kia Spectra in my VW Jetta!

By: Orian

Orian — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:24:38 +0000

Ew. Looks like a Focus and a Sebring collided with a VW logo simultaneously and this is the end result.

By: cretinx

cretinx — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:14:43 +0000

That might not be a bad idea to bring a cheaper car here.

I looked at a VW Rabbit 4-door but wound up getting a Civic SI Sedan because they cost essentially the same (and the GTI was about $5000 more than the SI, while being nowhere near as much fun).

VW NEEDS to bring cheaper cars here, the currency difference is killing them.

By: menno

menno — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:54:34 +0000

Wow, add a fake chrome vertical “grill” on the front fenders, change the grill to the Ford-grill-of-the-day and you’ve got a Fu- whoops I mean, Focus.

By: ajla

ajla — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:48:22 +0000

This makes the Impala look cool.