Has anyone seen this? I LOVE it.

It's coming out this spring with a base price "somewhere under $30k"






What do you think?

 

awesome, too bad the US will never see one!

 

It's coming out in the US this spring....under $30k.

 

from VW:

"Golf V/Jetta V-based folding hard-top convertible. Powered by either a 200hp 2.0T FSI or a 250hp 3.2l VR6 FSI for the U.S. market. Arrives in May of 2006 on the North American continent and is expected to be priced just below $30,000 (US dollars)."

 

I like it

I really like the practicality of the hardtop convertibles if not the added weight.

 

I wonder how thing thing will compete with the MCSc and vice versa.

 

I don't much care for the awkwardness of the dash/center console connection, but I do like the two-color interior in general, and it has nice, clean lines with the top up or down.

 

Yup, I've seen it in the other VW Eos thread which has been near the top of the OT:Autos forum all week.

 

why did they have to copy a corolla?


i like the interior though. :smile:

 

I know...I just saw that. I'm not sure how I missed it.

 

Why don't I see Corolla in this car? I'm not saying you're wrong....everyone keeps saying it...so I must be alone on this. I think the current Corolla is pretty ugly in a generic Toyota way. No emotion in it's design.

This VW looks very Euro to me. Almost Phaeton-ish in the rear.

It's not anywhere near as cool as a MINI 'vert though.

 

Looks awesome, eager to see one in person, too bad, have to wait.

 

BTW Kyle, I noticed your sig, and I don't think there will be a 2007 MINI Cooper convertible...

Usually when a new generation comes out, convertibles are at least a year further off... you might have to get a 2006 or wait until 2008..

Unless I've missed some official announcement -?

 

I'll get a hardtop with the panoramic sunroof then.

 

I really like the looks of this car. I'd worry about reliability, though.

 

Looks good but there is now way that I will get a VW ever again. Have had a couple of them and my last one (01 Jetta 1.8t) Soured me to the brand.

 

Sorry, but to me its about as bland as the Audi A4 Cabrio. And being as they are both from the same maker, I have to say: "Stay away. Audi and VW suck!!!"

 

Hey, seems I was wrong---!

I read on Motoringfile that they are planning to continue production of the current cabrio even after the introduction of the next generation platform... so there will be an 07 convertible, but it will be the current body style. They don't know for sure which engine it will have.

 

I dig the way it looks with the top down, but top up on that side view looks awkward to me. I think it's the thickness or height from the base of the quarter-panels (I think that's the name of that part =P) to the top of the hood and/or trunk. Too much space between for my tastes.

 

Cool, that works out well then.

If I love the new body style, I'll order the '07 hardtop.....if I hate the new body style, I'll order a 'vert.

Now if they discontinue the massive sunroof for '07, I'll be pissed. MINI, don't do it.

 

I saw one of these last week in Bulgaria, and I was disappointed. It has the same bulky, bloated *** as the Jetta, and the
whole thing just seems tall and heavy, definitely in a different peer group from MINI or Miata. It honestly didn't seem
much smaller than a Solara, or much sportier.

 

wow..old thread..

now that i've seen these in person, i'm embarassed to have started this thread.

They are ugly AND bland..and more of a chick car than the Beetle. Another overpriced, poorly styled dissappointment from VW..

I've seen maybe two on the road, so I'm guessing no one else likes it either..

 

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pretty unimpressive in person.

the pictures posted do it a bit more justice ... probably because of the wheels.

most certainly a moms cab just like the a4 cab.

Minibull

 

you should have got this thread locked or deleted