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Wintrode @ Jul 18th 2008 3:42PM
About damn time!
epilonious @ Jul 18th 2008 5:21PM
I'm sure VWUSA will find some way to bugger it up.
If they do bring it over, they'll stick the 8-valve 2-liter in it so that it only gets 25/31 with a whopping 115 HP, they'll add ugly license plate holders and mess up the grille... and send the design to the same manufacture plants that sent up so many initial quality nightmares in the 2000+ run of crap.
Then they'll charge $17,500 while the other models jump in price.
At least VWUSA never charges extra for their state-of-the-art warranty expiration detection system.
lvdave @ Jul 19th 2008 2:20PM
@epilonious
The 2.0l 8v's regularly get better than epa mpg. My 2001 Cabrio gets 32mpg of mixed driving and it's an automatic. Also in spite of VW's reliability problems these motors are very reliable. Just don't put your money on the window regulators or auto transmission surviving for the life of the car.
VW would be stupid for using that motor though. 115hp is not sufficient for a modern 2.0l engine and it is also very rough and noisy. It gives my Cabby character, but would not be acceptable on a new car.