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^^^^^^ Yes, a nice shade of blue, but it looks like it has a small bit of of the popular Matte-Cement-gray mixed in with it. it's not quite the eye-opener the Mariner Blue is.
^^^^^^ Yes, a nice shade of blue, but it looks like it has a small bit of of the popular Matte-Cement-gray mixed in with it. it's not quite the eye-opener the Mariner Blue is.
Definitely not my cup of tea. But I figured I’d ask you
Um, the New Beetle was sold for twenty-two years before being dropped. For roughly the first half of it's run, it outsold the Golf it was based on by 2:1 on average. It wasn't until the last 5 years of its life that the Golf significantly outsold the New Beetle...This is an interesting definition of "limited success". To me, it seems like VW did a pretty good job of hitting its target with a niche vehicle.
OK, how about...the new beetle was a limited success compared to the original bug? The original bug ran for 65 years and sold 21.5 million units compared to the new bug which only sold 500 thousand units globally in 22 years! You can compare it to the Golf, but it wasn't much in the way of competition! Regardless, my point was about manufacturers marketing to specifically to women, and this was one example of how it may be a bad strategy.
I was a big air-cooled VW fan, so I was interested in the "new bug" when it was first announced (like I am now interested in the electric VW bus). However, when the new bug was hitting show rooms and first being reviewed, it was clear from the write-ups and pictures in the car mags that VW was targeting women with the design. This turned my interest off, and likely did the same for most other men. The model had limited success before being dropped, but one has to wonder how much better it could have done had it been more gender neutral.
While I'm generally not one for stereotypes, I agree that the New Beetle seemed to be female-oriented....particularly the convertible versions and/or those painted with light pastel colors. I have seen males driving them, but, to be honest, not very often. And the plastic stalk next to the steering-column, which held a flower-stem, also added a female touch.
Underneath the unique body and interior, though, it was, mechanically, nothing more than a FWD Golf/Jetta chassis and drivetrain. And many people were disappointed in that.....they were hoping it would be a modernized version of the old air-cooled rear-engined Beetles, which were still being built at the time in Mexico. But the Mexican air-cooled Beetles did not have to meet the stringent safety/emissions standards in the U.S., which was difficult do do with an air-cooled engine. Air-cooled engines, particularly in the winter, take a long time to warm up to normal temperature, and precise-emssions are difficult to achieve because combustion-temperatures inside the cylinders vary more than with liquid-cooling.
I think you got it.
It says Ferrari 308 but maybe the 328 is close enough or could be mislabeled, I'm not really sure the difference.
I don't know the specs on this car but I'm betting it's fast!
The 308 and 328 were very similar and are often mistaken for one another, but there are some mild differences. Most obvious is the nose. The 308's is a little longer and doesn't have much of a visible grille because of the venting in the hood area, so the badge is just in front of the hood. The 328's nose is a touch shorter, has a very obvious grille tucked underneath with much less top ventilation, and the prancing horse is on the grille.
The 308 and 328 were very similar and are often mistaken for one another, but there are some mild differences. Most obvious is the nose. The 308's is a little longer and doesn't have much of a visible grille because of the venting in the hood area, so the badge is just in front of the hood. The 328's nose is a touch shorter, has a very obvious grille tucked underneath with much less top ventilation, and the prancing horse is on the grille.
Nice Geko29!
Ok, why not.
Here a peek at the power plant of the Ferrari 328.
Whole car only weighs approx 2,800 lbs.
The GT was done on a small subcompact rear-drive platform, and, even as a young and relatively slim 18-year-old (although I was still larger than average for my age) this car was so narrow and space-inefficient inside that when I sat in one at the local Buick dealership (Buick sold Opels back then), I literally could not close the driver's side door......it simply bounced off of my left shoulder LOL.
I never encountered another interior that tight until I wormed my way into a Lotue Elise.
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