Mike Hunter
Simply not true. The difference in interior material quality, design, and fit and finish between my '02 VW GTI and my '05 Impala is significant. The GTI had split folding rear seats. The Impala does not. (this is important to me, as the Impala is a company provided vehicle, and I might occasionally have a need to transport large pieces of equipment as part of my job...) The GTI had heated leather seats, heated mirrors, a rear wiper-washer, and a sunroof. The Impala does not. The GTI handled reasonably well and had awesome acceleration. The Impala does not. In fact, the only things the Impala has that the GTI did not are rear doors, a big trunk, and a (crappy) automatic transaxle.
Guess which car costs more...
Dear Mr. Ford a modest proposal 3634I just researched that, and it was quite suprising. Lincoln, Caddy, Saturn and then Lexus. Toyota was WELL below average, while honda and chevy are in...
This is very true, but the reputation of American (and to be fair, VW) dealerships is crappy service and a consumer-unfriendly atbreastude. Compare and contrast with the kissing your butt gets at an Infiniti or Lexus dealership, of course those cars have great reputations, people forget about the little problems they've had with them because the dealer gave them a loaner car and fixed the issue for free, with no hbuttles, and apologizing the whole time.
Sure. But if you were involved with fleet service, you probably only dealt with dealers for warranty work, and even the crappy ones didn't give you the fecal matter that they would give to Joe Average, because they wanted you to buy more cars from them. The average guy, they know he's not buying anything any time soon, he just bought a new car.
and reliability, performance, handling, and dealer service... especially dealer service...
nate
