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Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by DudeInBasement » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:40 PM UTC

outside1234 wrote: post #17

Does this mean they have shifted their focus to cheating on battery capacity?

Only Clean Diesel's will get this joke

Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by 2rsf » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:40 PM UTC

joeberon wrote: post #18

TheAdamAndChe wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How isn't their brand tarnished around the world? Besides the emissions scandal, their vehicles are just expensive and difficult to maintain. I've got a diesel VW Jetta. It has been nothing but a money pit. I'm in the US for reference.

Here in the UKs, VWs are considered reliable and among the easiest to find parts for

Same in Sweden and many other places

Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:40 PM UTC

oblio wrote: post #2

This is funny, yet ridiculous :-)) Their brand is so tainted in the US that they're renaming it. I imagine it's going to be the only place they'll do it.

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Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by jcims » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:41 PM UTC

The funny thing is that this is how a lot of people pronounce it anyway.

Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by arcturus17 » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:41 PM UTC

agrafix wrote: post #4

Hmm did they release their April 1 joke too early by mistake?

I thought the same, it sounds completely ridiculous.

Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by nicholassmith » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:41 PM UTC

This is what happens in a meeting when someone says "there are no bad ideas". This is the sort of three beer spitballing that normally you come up with as a gag and yet they're committing to it, and whilst it's US only the likelihood is they'll do some aggressive product placement and get some global recognition around it.

Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by ARandomerDude » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:41 PM UTC

I wonder how much internal resistance there was to this shocking name change.

Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by _jal » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:41 PM UTC

Tade0 wrote: post #21

de6u99er wrote: post #5

They should rename it to Folks-Wagon.

I think Speed-Wagon would catch on among the younger generations.

Then they should release a model called the Reo.

Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by philk10 » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:42 PM UTC

devoutsalsa wrote: post #15

ape4 wrote: post #13

Watt the heck

Amp-ing up the marketing efforts.

Shocking, but they have to stay current and have no capacity to resist

Re: Voltswagen of America

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Post by akmarinov » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 2:43 PM UTC

flyingfences wrote: post #22

de6u99er wrote: post #5

They should rename it to Folks-Wagon.

That's literally what the name has been since the company was founded.

That's literally the joke.