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The replacement is coming....
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:06 pm
by trix
just found this
http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1036 ... mkvii-leak
clearly the mark 6 isn't impressing people compared to its predecessor, what have they got up their sleeve for the MkVII to bring people back..??
S
Re: The replacement is coming....
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:49 pm
by jc74
Yeah, saw this on autoexpress.
Haven't dared mention it to my folks yet, who took delivery of their Mk 6 in september!
I too was pretty shocked with how short the lifetime for the mk6 is - Only 3 years.
But if I recall correctly, the Mk6 is just really a facelift of the Mk5, made to look better, but cheaper to build!
Re: The replacement is coming....
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:39 pm
by RW1
Thought the Mk6 was rushed out cos the Mk5 was a flop. So the AutoExpress also and was surprised. Find it hard to believe that the Mk6 is not selling, when dealerships have already sold out their allocations for 2009.
C.
Re: The replacement is coming....
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:16 pm
by redmeat
[quote="RW1"]Thought the Mk6 was rushed out cos the Mk5 was a flop.
Apparently, the Mk5 was very expensive to build and therefore not as profitable as it should have been. The Mk6 is effectively a modified version of the Mk5 rather than an all new design.