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Junkyard Find: 1996 Volkswagen Jetta Trek Edition

Back in the 1990s, Volkswagen and Trek Bicycles got together for a co-branding deal that shook the world (if you define “the world” as “a couple of zip codes in Marin County“): Golfs and Jettas with sporty-looking upholstery, roof racks, and matching Trek bikes! 15 years later, all but the most fanatical VW and/or bicycle zealots have forgotten the Trek Limited Edition VWs, which makes this an especially rare Junkyard Find.

Murilee Martin Jun 27, 2012

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Slavuta "These moves follow similar actions by the European Union and Canada, which have also announced tariffs on Chinese EV imports." ..... just say as it is - America told its puppets to tariff Chinese goods and puppets quickly complied while US was preparing itself.
Slavuta "Nissan folks told me that the brand is aiming the Kicks at the Hyundai Kona, Chevrolet Trax, and Kia Soul. The Kicks is also squarely aimed at younger buyers...." ...........we've heard this "younger buyer" claim from Soul (especially). And I see mostly old folks driving it
SilverHawk During the time of the annual model year changes, Motor Trend would do a Preview edition that included actual pencil drawings of new grills and taillights, along with whatever spy photos they had. Those pencil drawings were supplied by the manufacturers. At the time, I had friends at AMC and Ford who made these drawings available to MT.
Todd Reasland "For the SV, the FWD starts at $23,680 and AWD adds $25,330. " Yikes...25K more to get AWD? :)
1995 SC I think it's different now and the manufacturers just sort of leak them to the desired automotive "influencers" but it is still interesting with some cars. The C8 was a good example because it was such a radical change.

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