Oracle of Delphi

Today parked next to me in a restaurant parking lot was a 1971 VW Karmann-Ghia, lime green no less.

Yeah, but the shoe is on the other foot now!

Get your G8 while you can, time is limited. Oh and where are all those other Zetas you dreamed about?

Of all the wild-ass rumors we hear on a weekly daily hourly basis, this one has that special air of cow manure. According to Automotive News, Volkswagen is considering a pickup truck for the U.S. based off the second generation Beetle, which is due out around the turn of the decade. The rationale behind this implausible idea stems from VW's goal to boost annual vehicle sales in the U.S. from its current 230,000 units to 1 million vehicle sales per year by 2018. Other derivatives of the new new Beetle could also include a crossover and a wagon. Although the recently revealed VW Pickup Concept is only bound for markets outside the U.S. and Europe, a compelling case can be made for a light-duty truck for occasional haulers here in the States. But we somehow doubt that the U.S. consumers could warm up to a Beetle-based truck – nostalgia can only go so far. Link: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/06/what-th...e-based-pickup/

I think the other two threads were more exciting. IMHO

You should never sleep while I'm awake! I have a way of making things happen, it's all part of my charm.

Don't know about all that, all I know is the current one is selling like hotcakes here. The next gen will sell just as much if not more. Remember, GME makes money, GMNA does not.

Psssst, it's not cancelled.

Awww, just a 6.2 liter according to my poor old blurry eyes, since I just woke up.

Hmmmmmm?

What another odd car that shouldn't exist? Lordy, Lordy, if only we could see under the hood? GM never does this.

Happy Birthday gentlemen!

Have you seen me driving around in Missouri? I was very lonely in Wentzville! :AH-HA_wink:

Sister-In-Law

Oh no Joe, say it ain't so! :rotflmao:

Italianos y latinos descendemos de las mismas raices romanas, compartimos la misma cultura y nuestra lengua es parecida. BTW, Mi cunada es latina. Ella es chilena.

Is texted a word?

When I'm home, I sometimes go down to Charlotte to see some friends who work for EDS there. I wasn't worried that you would take me hostage. I'll let you know the next time I'm down there, I think it would be an interesting meeting, however I would have to insist on no pics, as anonymity is my middle name.

SNL rocks, oh and Wilmington is way better than Scranton!

This news put a big smile on my face!

Mark Rechtin Automotive News October 3, 2008 - 1:52 pm ET PARIS -- Despite its recent 0 percent financing deals, Toyota is not going to engage Chevrolet, Ford and Dodge in their full-sized pickup sales war, said Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. "I don't want to get stuck in the middle of Ford and Chevy battling for the No. 1 truck this year, and Dodge launching the Ram," Lentz said in an interview here. Chevrolet sold 50,428 Silverados last month,off just 3.9 percent in a plummeting segment that saw Tundra fall 60.7 percent, the Ford F-150 drop 41.6 percent, and Dodge Ram off 30.9 percent. Toyota had hoped to sell about 20,000 Tundras a month this year; September sales were just 7,696 units. Lentz said part of the decline was an abbreviated 2008 model year from its Texas and Indiana truck plants that were temporarily shut down. With a segment forecast to be as low as 1.5 million units -- down from a peak of 2.5 million units -- the pickup fight could get desperate. It doesn't help Toyota that many of its past Tundra buyers -- such as those who drive because of image and commuters -- are walking away from the segment. "There are a lot of substitutions" for other vehicles, "and most of them won't be back," Lentz said. Lentz also confirmed that the development of a diesel-engine variant of the Tundra has been tabled. While the diesel has not been canceled outright, Toyota is studying whether it makes sense to enter such a small segment. That's a big step back from Toyota telling dealers at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention last year that a diesel would arrive by 2010 or 2011. Link: http://www.autonews.com/article/20081003/A.../810039952/1078

My pic is on my profile here! Oddly, I just unclogged the shower drain. :AH-HA_wink: My response to the thread is Exploring!

Sorry, I was too tired, but I am wide awake now and having Meatballs for breakfast.

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