The New Beetle is a Golf. -Adam
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:05 AM, P. J. Alling<[email protected]> wrote: > Well, the "New" Beetle isn't even close to the same car as the original. > Not even the same concept, the original Beetle was easy to repair with > minimal tools for one thing. The "New" Beetle was meant to capitalize on > nostalgia without invoking any of the grittiness of the actual past... > > > Joseph McAllister wrote: >> >> Porsche has retained the rear or mid- engine design with the exception of >> the 928, and a few of the newer vehicles which were rebadged VW/Porsche >> designs. Once the Rabbit came out, VW has remained front engined ever >> since. >> >> >> On Jul 7, 2009, at 19:00 , Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> True, I don't think you can really call anything after the 993 related >>> to the Beetle by anything other than styling cues. Prior to that, the >>> relationship was clear although the evolution was significant. >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:54 PM, paul stenquist<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Of course the relationship between the early 911s and the Beetle isn't >>>> quite >>>> as simple as Adam suggested, but the 911 was certainly a derivative of >>>> that >>>> car. Of course, later 911s evolved into something far different. >>>> Paul >>>> On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:02 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>>> >>>>> Adam Maas wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:41 PM, P. J. >>>>>> Alling<[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Adam Maas wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM, William Robb<[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf R. Radermacher" >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Then, they generate the hype of the century for a camera that's no >>>>>>>>>> more >>>>>>>>>> than a pimped-up K20D, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If you are talking about the K-7, be assured that it is as much a >>>>>>>>> pimped >>>>>>>>> up >>>>>>>>> a K20 as a Porsche is a pimped up Beetle. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> William Robb >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But a 911 IS a pimped up Beetle ;-) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -Adam >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> The 356 was a pimped up Beetle, the 911 was something else >>>>>>> entirely... >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The 356 was a reskinned Beetle with a couple tweaks and a diet. The >>>>>> 911 was a chopped and pimped beetle. There's a reason you can >>>>>> transplant older 911 drivetrains pretty much directly into a Beetle. >>>>>> >>>>> I've done that, it's not as easy as you think. >>>>> >>>>> (I've also bolted a 356 engine into a Beetle, after helping rebuild it, >>>>> I >>>>> know of what I speak). >> >> Joseph McAllister >> [email protected] >> >> http://gallery.me.com/jomac >> http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html > > -- > > The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or > drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a > damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is > not a free man any more than a dog. > > --G. K. Chesterton > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
