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#2418 of 14573 Isuzu hires new ad agency by rsholland Nov 11, 2002 (7:45 am)
http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=3861
#2419 of 14573 by ateixeira Nov 11, 2002 (7:45 am)
The BMW Films are great. I got the DVD when we went to that Ultimate Driving Event thingy. "Superstar" was hilarious. Ask Bob what that was like to watch on my 91" projection screen with surround sound. I'll have to download the new ones, but I'll have to borrow my buddy's Mac (of course) to cut a DVD from it. Should we add "roller bladers" to our demographics? Saw that, Bob. Last ditch attempt? -juice
#2420 of 14573 Touareg by ateixeira Nov 11, 2002 (7:56 am)
It's funny, I've read it's pronounced TOUR-egg and TWAH-reg. Which is it? Dumb name. Still don't like the styling either. Wagons can be round, but SUVs should be boxy. Inside, too, is too complex. I prefer the Passat's interior, heck I prefer the Expedition's interior. But that's about it. The rest is solid. Peek past those hood struts and you see both engines are mounted the hard way, longitudinally. $35k is a lot but I guess you have to compare it to an X5 or an ML320. But is the VW badge a deficit, then? I'd require a 3rd row in that price range, so a Pilot, MDX, or Expedition would be more to my liking. But definitely some cool stuff that may spread to other competing models. 220 lbs on the roof, 7700 lbs towing (with brakes)? Sweet, Bob, almost enough for you! $68 GRAND for the loaded diesel, though? Aye yay. Power tow bar is neat. I think the Expedition's swings out, but it's manual. That's fine really, since you're gonna hook up the trailer manually anyway. The name "4XMotion" is confusing. Sounds too much like regular 4Motion. The name of the vehicle is also all wrong, so the marketing dept really messed up there. 6 speed manual or auto? I bet we get just the auto, but still, that's amazing. I wonder how 220hp will pull all that weight, though, probably not impressively. I think one estimate was near 10s, while Pilot is closer to 8s, blowing its doors off. The suspension seems cool. Very Range Rover-ish. I wonder if they used the technology from the Audi allroad quattro. I read somewhere they would only make 33,000 the first year, and only 15k would come to the US, so they'll sell that amount easily. -juice
#2421 of 14573 Trick suspension trickle-down... by rsholland Nov 11, 2002 (8:05 am)
First we saw trick IFS/IRS on the ultra, ultra-expensive Hummer H1. Next we see a trick IFS/IRS on the ultra-expensive Range Rover. Now we see a trick IFS/IRS on the expensive VW Touareg. Soon, hopefully, we will see a trick IFS/IRS on a vehicles mere mortals can buy. Bob
#2422 of 14573 by ateixeira Nov 11, 2002 (8:19 am)
Ever the dreamer, Bob envisions a 2005 Forester Turbo with an adjustable air suspension and Class II towing capacity... VW has shown it's far more serious than Subaru about moving upscale. Obviously they are far bigger and have much more R&D funds, but Subaru is holding back stuff from Japan, while VW is clearly holding NOTHING back. Frustrating, no? -juice
#2423 of 14573 Hey... by rsholland Nov 11, 2002 (8:26 am)
without dreams, nothing occurs... Bob
#2424 of 14573 by ateixeira Nov 11, 2002 (8:32 am)
We gotta find out what druge Piech was taking, and let the Subaru guys smoke some. The man was fiscally nuts, but at least the products coming out now are cutting edge. -juice
#2425 of 14573 Tuareg by grahampeters Nov 11, 2002 (12:39 pm)
G'day I think the pronunciation is approximately "twah-reg" with a hard "g". They are one of the last nomadic people in Africa, fround in Mali, Niger and similar parts. There are about 800,000 of the Tuareg living around the Sahara. They are uinusual in the Muslim word as the men are veiled and the women not. They have an unusual alphabet "t'finagh". http://tuaregs.free.fr/commun/plus/polices.zip This encyclopedia entry gives a rough summary of their history and culture http://www.slider.com/enc/53000/Tuareg.htm I gather they were subdued (sort of) by the French. The possibilities for what one can read into a German company like Volkswagen using this as a name are endless - revenge / warning? It's also worrying that their traditional financing scheme consisted of taxing travellers passing through their lands. A bit more detail here with a very dodgy translation from the French. http://tuaregs.free.fr/tuareg_e/accueil_ie.htm They are big on cooking and music http://www.studiom.de/giger/fotoxxl/percussion/a-Afrika/Afrika5.htm The concept of the nomadic traveller in wild country is actually fairly inspired for the VW 4wd. The only other really apt one I can think of is the Land Rover which was originally intended as a Rover car for the land owner. There are some extremely silly ones I can think of. Any other apt names come to mind? Cheers Graham
#2426 of 14573 now I'm laughing by ladywclass Nov 11, 2002 (1:20 pm)
laughing at the 'active lifestyle' comment about the roller blading subaru owners .. maybe SOME of you have the car for an active lifestyle .. I just bought mine cause I wanted something to haul things in and this one was the best value and also the most COMFORTABLE RIDE !
#2427 of 14573 VW got some flak... by rsholland Nov 11, 2002 (4:11 pm)
regarding naming the vehicle Touareg, besides for the difficult pronunciation (tour-egg). Seems that these nomads of the desert are also famous for owning slaves—not exactly a strong PR point... Graham, thanks for the trivia! Bob