R36 vs R32 quality...im a little dissappointed

[sloutch]

VW recently just purchased majority of shares in Porsche as well.

[FJ Steve]

so...OP. You getting a 36 or a 32.

[NickZ]

hahaha you guys are funny.


Check this, the same dude told me....(after i told him if I cant get an R32 i want i will go back to my contact who is an Audi MD for an S3)....that VW owns Audi, Lambo, BMW and Merc......WTF???? I so wanted to tell him to go n get fcked but i did not want to be rude. Also the helpdesk girl was nice so i didnt want to cause a scene : D

LOL, that's hilarious. I would have LOL'd in his face. He is right about Audi, but way off the mark with BMW and Merc.

[ron]

so...OP. You getting a 36 or a 32.

R32 for me to play around with. We already have an R36 but its the family car, well more like the kids' car really.



Oh yeah you guys are right!! VW owns Audi, the boss confirmed it hehe

[ur85q]

"Volkswagen owns: Audi, Volkswagen, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, and overseas SEAT and Skoda" according to http://blogs.consumerreports.org/car...owns-what.html as at June 09. Borrow a bit from here ... a bit from there ... makes for some interesting things out of the factory ...

[Leagle]

There's actually a lot of sharing that goes on between the VW owned marques. I have sat in a Bentley Continental GT and Lambo Gallardo and could definitely see the a lot of familiar Audi switchgear lol. OK, the Continental has acres of wood and leather (that the humble A4 cannot compete). And the Lambo has some unique switchgear, but it really is amazing how many similarities there are. Look at the Veyron's cockpit and tell me there are not traces of VW there! Chassis/engines... same. How similar is the R8 AWD packaging to the Gallardo? Doesn't the S8 have a de-tuned V10 Gallardo engine? Doesn't sat nav look identical across these cars? Go and sit in some of these cars at the next motor show and tell me if I am wrong.

[tryingavw]

There's actually a lot of sharing that goes on between the VW owned marques.

i reckon the interesting thing is that only now is the 125kW TDI engine available in some audi models ( the a4 gets the 103 as a 4 cyl. diesel) whereas its been available in the passat for nearly 2 years.

[ron]

There's actually a lot of sharing that goes on between the VW owned marques. I have sat in a Bentley Continental GT and Lambo Gallardo and could definitely see the a lot of familiar Audi switchgear lol. OK, the Continental has acres of wood and leather (that the humble A4 cannot compete). And the Lambo has some unique switchgear, but it really is amazing how many similarities there are. Look at the Veyron's cockpit and tell me there are not traces of VW there! Chassis/engines... same. How similar is the R8 AWD packaging to the Gallardo? Doesn't the S8 have a de-tuned V10 Gallardo engine? Doesn't sat nav look identical across these cars? Go and sit in some of these cars at the next motor show and tell me if I am wrong.

you are spot on my friend! i have driven both the GTC, Gallardo and sat in an S8 V10, all different cars but do share a lot of similarities. all except the W12 hehehe.

[Leagle]

you are spot on my friend! i have driven both the GTC, Gallardo and sat in an S8 V10, all different cars but do share a lot of similarities. all except the W12 hehehe.

Actually for me, its one of the reasons I reckon VW is one of the best value brands on the planet at the moment. Given all the R&D that they spend at Porsche, Audi, Lambo, Skoda (yea even skoda I believe) etc, some of the best technology has to be filtering thru onto the humble VWs. If they get the "reliability" part of the equation right, they could become unbeatable.