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Daniel wrote: >>It seems to me that the Type 34 probably suffered in many ways by comparison to the Type 14. It wasn't differentiated enough from it and all in all I think it was a pretty poor piece of marketing on the part of VW. For them to only sell 42000 cars in nine years must have been a huge flop for them; they were after all used to selling cars by the million.<< In many respects the Type 34 Ghia was Volkswagen's Edsel. Unusual styling, poor market research and positioning, ineffective promotion, and overconfidence were factors for both. Another reason the Type 34 Convertibles were never put into production might have been relatively disappointing demand for the coupe initially compared with the Type 14. Scott 62 1500 Ghia 65 1500S Squareback Sedan 01 Golf GL ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe