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Voltswagen of America
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Re: Voltswagen of America
#502Fast forward a decade or two to when electric is no longer a novelty, and this brand will not have aged well.
They will first do a soft revert to “Voltswagen, by Volkswagen” and then a full revert.
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#503I previously owned a VW, but swore on my life that I'd never buy another one after the emissions cheating scandal. There are plenty of reasons why a VW likely wont be my next choice, but I'm softening my stance a bit. What they did was absolutely reprehensible, but I later learned that the more accurate story is that they bore the brunt of media attention for something that nearly every auto manufacturer was later fo…
I bought two VWs after the cheating scandal. My impression is that because of the cheating scandal, the carefulness and quality per dollar is very high. I did a bunch of research when purchasing, and quantitatively, features and comfort per dollar have also been higher with VW than other brands. It's been a "buy the dip" situation and I don't care about brand loyalty. In fact, the years of scrutiny VW has faced due to the cheating scandal increases my confidence in the brand relative to others. And, like you said, the other guys were cheating, too. Just not being as scrutinized.
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#504Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some Americans have pronounced it "Voltswagen", not sure why. I wonder if it would be less confusing to Germans if we used "Fow Vay" to pronounce the abbreviation. Instead of "Vee Double-You." I'm not being sarcastic, but I don't think a change to the correct pronunciation is likely.
Double-You is just ridiculous in the first place. I cringe a bit every time I have to say "AWS", but that's just because it's much smoother in German.
Do you actually pronounce it like "double-you" (with 3 syllables) in that context?
I'm a native speaker from the US South, and hadn't realized this until I read your comment. For me, the "W" always gets shortened to "dub-you" in AWS (or "dubya" if I'm not being picky about it). Standalone, I might pronounce "W" more like "dub-a-you if I'm emphasizing it, but not usually.
Anyhow, thanks for pointing this out. I will also now forever think that "double-you" is ridiculous.
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#505That's nice. The original name represented the then German government and Nazi Party Leader Adolf Hitler to create a car for the perfect Nazi family as presented in his vision.
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#506Earlier quoted context omitted.
Americans are pronouncing it perfectly correctly as most of us speak English and not German.
Does it bother you when Germans say "zis"? German has no "th" sound, so "zis" is what they start with before they practice. It's similarly grating to Germans to hear their language mispronounced by others. And yet, English has an "f" sound. German has an extremely consistent spelling and essentially all "v"s are pronounced as "f". We share (the latin) alphabet, and English has absolutely no authority, given how incon…
Sorry, but just noticed you were using an English-only term to describe the homeland of someone who doesn't live in your country. The correct term is Deutschland.
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#507Imagine telling someone in 2003 that this was going to happen. It would have been seen as a joke (as some are seeing it today) or something that absolutely wouldn't happen. If this is not a joke, this seems like the best indicator that Tesla is meeting it's mission to "accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy." Tip of the hat to Elon.
It's more like Volkswagen's attempt to get rid of the bad PR from the emission cheat scandal. Without that electronic cars wouldn't be on VW's agenda.
I don't believe that at all. These giant companies are not just in the business of fending off bad PR, they're looking to make a lot of money for their investors, for decades to come.
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#508I previously owned a VW, but swore on my life that I'd never buy another one after the emissions cheating scandal. There are plenty of reasons why a VW likely wont be my next choice, but I'm softening my stance a bit. What they did was absolutely reprehensible, but I later learned that the more accurate story is that they bore the brunt of media attention for something that nearly every auto manufacturer was later fo…
>What they did was absolutely reprehensible, Okay, this is a bit much. I know you came to realize all the car companies were doing it, so relatively speaking, it evens out when it comes to image. But this concept of hating a company over false marketing, it's a "and cows moo" moment. All big companies lie about their performances and benefits. Every. Single. One. Who would have guessed people would lie to make money.…
We all know it happens all the time and that bullshit is everywhere and unsurprising, but are you adding that it's also okay?
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#510Earlier quoted context omitted.
How so?
.com for example was only reserved today and is using a domain parking service. Things like this would have been prepared if it was a serious rebranding.
AFAICT it was registered in 2003