touareg...ahh the touareg!
 

volkswagen is selling the touareg to try and keep those former and
current volkswagen owners "within the family.....
before it became available,research was saying vw was loosing customers
to the competition because they did not offer a sport ute comparable
vehicle..... no comment here as to the reason people purchase this type
vehicle but the hundreds of thousands purchased each year in usa were
not able to even consider a vw vehicle prior to introduction.
as the oldest of 7 children in my family,we never owned anything bigger
than a 4 door sedan....without a/c or seat belts! always took a seat
directly behind the driver's seat for limited access to hand slap across
the filled back seat!

regards

> volkswagen is selling the touareg to try and keep those former and
> current volkswagen owners "within the family.....

True. And the same idea applies to the Phaeton, as well. You can't blame
VW for trying to keep up with market demand. Just my opinion, again, but I
wish they could have remained a little more faithful to the VW way in doing
so. The Touareg just isn't a "People's Car," and neither is the Phaeton.
Of course, the last time VW tried to do a "utility" vehicle, we got the
"Thing," so a different approach was definitely in order. But, I wonder if
they might not have done this under a different brand name in the VW family,
maybe even a new brand altogether. Or, since VW was late to the
big-luxury-sedan and SUV party and were aiming at a moving target, if they
might not have tried to jump way out in front of the pack with vehicles that
are so extreme...

Maybe they'll do very well with them, but just judging from the numbers of
them that I see on the road, they must be a little disappointed.

well, they exactly managed to keep me "within the family" as this becomes my
8th since 1968. i like the familiar switchgear, German feel and no doubt
about it, the luxury touches than i am long unfamiliar with in other VWs
owned in the past. this is no squareback, for sure!
> wrote in message ...
> volkswagen is selling the touareg to try and keep those former and
> current volkswagen owners "within the family.....
> before it became available,research was saying vw was loosing customers
> to the competition because they did not offer a sport ute comparable
> vehicle..... no comment here as to the reason people purchase this type
> vehicle but the hundreds of thousands purchased each year in usa were
> not able to even consider a vw vehicle prior to introduction.
> as the oldest of 7 children in my family,we never owned anything bigger
> than a 4 door sedan....without a/c or seat belts! always took a seat
> directly behind the driver's seat for limited access to hand slap across
> the filled back seat!
>
> regards
>