"Mines not an Audi"

[MikeMike]

From today's financial times...

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Mine's not an Audi
By David Owen
Published: August 25 2005 03:00 | Last updated: August 25 2005 03:00

Bernd Pischetsrieder, the cigar-smoking head of Germany's Volkswagen, steered perilously close to a Ratner moment yesterday when he dismissed cars made by Audi, his company's most profitable division, as a "complete waste of money".

Unlike Gerald Ratner, who was forced to quit after dismissing one of his company's products as "crap", Pischetsrieder also attacked rivals, saying Mercedes-Benz and BMW cars were also a waste. "You can get the same transportation performance fuelled with the same speed from a much cheaper car," he told financial analysts in London.
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ripped from TCW

but haha nice nice nice.

 

[Czar]

haha so true

brand names are expensive

 

[Atomicus]

And those much cheaper cars don't last you more than 5-7 years before breaking down and the resell value dipping into the hundreds.... *cough* Ford *cough*

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
And those much cheaper cars don't last you more than 5-7 years before breaking down and the resell value dipping into the hundreds.... *cough* Ford *cough*

and you think MB is a reliable car?
Ferrari's?
Lambos?

those are ooo so much more reliable.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

its stupid...you buy cars not just to get you from a to b. idiots will come in here and try to convince how hondas are better than bmws, when infact you buy those cars from two completly different reason and its why i own both and am very happy with both cars.

 

[Atomicus]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: Atomicus
And those much cheaper cars don't last you more than 5-7 years before breaking down and the resell value dipping into the hundreds.... *cough* Ford *cough*

and you think MB is a reliable car?
Ferrari's?
Lambos?

those are ooo so much more reliable.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We're comparing apples to oranges, not apples to platinum. I was assuming the discussion had a MSRP of below $70k, not a million.

IIRC, Beamers are helluva reliable and the resell value of those puppies are high.

 

[ElFenix]

why buy an A8 or a bently continental GT when you can buy a VW phaeton!

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Atomicus

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: Atomicus
And those much cheaper cars don't last you more than 5-7 years before breaking down and the resell value dipping into the hundreds.... *cough* Ford *cough*

and you think MB is a reliable car?
Ferrari's?
Lambos?

those are ooo so much more reliable.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We're comparing apples to oranges, not apples to platinum. I was assuming the discussion had a MSRP of below $70k, not a million.

IIRC, Beamers are helluva reliable and the resell value of those puppies are high.

mercedes benz can start below 70....

 

[GeneValgene]

wtf...why would he publicly rip his "company's most profitable division"

this guy is nuts

 

[geckojohn]

Seriously though... which sounds better? I'm driving a VW Jetta or a BMW 3 series??

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
And those much cheaper cars don't last you more than 5-7 years before breaking down and the resell value dipping into the hundreds.... *cough* Ford *cough*

 

[Stifko]

Originally posted by: geckojohn
Seriously though... which sounds better? I'm driving a VW Jetta or a BMW 3 series??

who cares? you think about that only if you're into "keepin up w/the Joneses."

 

[m2kewl]

and the truth come out - straight from the horses mouth!!