Re: [T3] Interesting idea, a modern type 3?

[Per Lindgren <per.lindgren@c2i.net>]

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Dave Hall wrote:

> I always reckon they didn't do a Golf
> estate for 20 years out of respect for the passing of the Variant (Squareback).
It certainly is a noble thought :-)

> Probably more likely they reckoned the demand wasn't there.
I will say that the demand was only partly there, but since the Passat 
had enough sales, it probably wasnt necessary for VW to enter this niche 
in the market. Now, as the Passat grew larger in the 90's, there was a 
place for a smaller station wagon for "everyone".

> I think they've stopped the Lupo now.
They did, the Brasilian Fox has entered the market inplace of the Lupo.

>  The Polo is really the Beetle
> replacement 
Is it? The Golf was originally the car that replaced the Beetle, with 
the Polo (a rebadged Audi) following nearly 2 years later. It is also 
the Golf that holds the position as the real people's car in the VW 
lineup, even today. The close second to the Golf sales is the Passat, 
which is the true follower of the Type 3 range. Even today's Passat 
bears the 3 number, it is the Type 3C.

PerL - General VW nut
73 & 70 Variant


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