Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Guest Bloged by, KOE, -- Torn love....A3


I think my favorite car was an Audi A3. It was my mom's car when we were in France in 1998. It was sweet little car with manual transmission. I like the 5-doors of the hatch which could blaze air when you step on the accelerator and shift gears. I liked the dual clutch in that car. It almost felt like the drive itself rather than someone has to drive it.

Audi pride itself for safety and reliability which played a great role on purchasing that car, but in a year or so the car had problems with the engines and stability was compromised. My mom was deeply upset on the matter of "health" of that car. We paid out dearly for a new engine which was next generation engine for the car. It didn't totally restore the car to its former glory that a motor company prides itself for.

My parents were great admires of German and Italian branded cars, but companies like Fiat and Audi have tarnished their own self respect of their brands. My parents are not going for any European or American branded cars because for the gimmick of the culture of the car brands. I think more you buy a car for the "country of origin", greater the chance you will receive a inferior packaged product.

I am waiting for the day these car brands could transform themselves like great South Korean Hyundai, which completely changed their overall brand reputation. Some companies charge highly for an inferior products.

5 comments:

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ssr said...

The guest blogger's perspective is very different than that of money maker. While the content and overall point of the post deals with a lot of the same aspects as the previous posts, the guest points out branding of car manufacturers and what they represent.

Steamboat said...

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Anonymous said...

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Cap'n Fatback said...

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. . . which some readers seemed to pick up on as a tell. Did those guessing guess right?