« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Automotive math  (Read 3128 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Stephen M

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 597
  • Country: us
  • Puzzle Points 34
  • Rocket Scientist
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • Car-related musings
Automotive math
« on: April 02, 2011, 09:01:03 PM »
Automotive math 1st edition:

One (1) Euro spec 2012 VW Golf R
- Dual clutch tranny
- ESP defeat option
- Sport mode variable throttle and steering maps   
- 9 horsepower
- 155 MPH speed limiter
+ 130 MPH speed limiter
____________________
= US spec 2012 VW Golf R

Not terribly favorable arithmetic IMHO.  :(


Logged
Quote from: Ultra
What possible higher authority could we appeal to than Steppenwolf?

Offline Ultra

  • Founder, Publisher Emeritus &
  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 7503
  • Country: us
  • Puzzle Points 20
  • More than you bargained for
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • AutoPuzzles
Re: Automotive math
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 12:53:50 PM »
VW shoots itself in the foot with moves like these.
Logged
“Honi soit qui mal y pense”


Click the pic....... Name the car

Offline Otto Puzzell

  • Founder and
  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 31556
  • Country: us
  • Puzzle Points 444
  • Open field, with a window.
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • AutoPuzzles
Re: Automotive math
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2011, 05:16:32 AM »
No worries: their Camry-ized mainstream cars are flying off the lots. Their strategy, sell enthusiast cars in Europe, and de-contented appliances in the US, appears sound.
Logged
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »