VW UP! (production)

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Eye of the Tiger

#90
January 24, 2012, 10:56:45 PM
Quote from: thecarnut on January 24, 2012, 10:46:46 PM
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:rolleyes: :lol:
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cawimmer430

#91
January 25, 2012, 05:04:45 AM
I saw an up! in a department store recently. They're not that small actually. They're quite "huge" and wide. Thing is probably larger than a first and second (and even third possibly) generation Golf!






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mzziaz

#92
January 25, 2012, 05:26:24 AM
except for the rear end, I really like them
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93JC

#93
January 25, 2012, 04:06:41 PM
The rear end also bothers me. Especially those little emblems on the left side. Proper names have a capital letter at the beginning and don't end with a punctuation mark.

Secret Chimp

#94
January 25, 2012, 04:44:03 PM
I like this thing. I'll check one out in ten years if they aren't all falling apart or dead by then.


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2o6

#95
January 25, 2012, 04:49:24 PM
Quote from: Secret Chimp on January 25, 2012, 04:44:03 PM
I like this thing. I'll check one out in ten years if they aren't all falling apart or dead by then.


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SVT666

#96
January 25, 2012, 04:52:27 PM
That's huge Wimmer?

93JC

#97
January 25, 2012, 05:05:36 PM
For reference an original Mk 1 Golf/Rabbit is over a foot longer than this.

S204STi

#98
January 25, 2012, 06:12:04 PM
lol... yeah, that's huge alright.

CJ

#99
January 25, 2012, 06:25:11 PM
Wimmer's not wrong, though.  It is quite large visually, but small in reality.

93JC

#100
January 25, 2012, 06:32:35 PM
True. That's a product of the short overhangs, I think, and the generally blocky styling. It makes good use of its footprint, which is extremely important for a car like this.

Comparing it to the original Golf/Rabbit again its wheelbase is about an inch longer.

cawimmer430

#101
January 25, 2012, 07:32:04 PM
Visually and in person this thing is quite "big". It has to be. It's amazing how modern cars have grown in size and nobody notices!


This was a European economy car in the '70s - small and cramped. I've seen the 50 in the Audi museum and it's tiny. The up! eclipses this thing in size.

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93JC

#102
January 25, 2012, 07:36:39 PM
The Up is only about an inch longer, inch taller and couple inches wider than the Audi 50.

Madman

#103
January 25, 2012, 07:57:17 PM
Quote from: 93JC on January 25, 2012, 07:36:39 PM
The Up is only about an inch longer, inch taller and couple inches wider than the Audi 50.


That may be true but I understand what Wimmer is saying.  The Audi 50 looks dainty and delicate compared to the chunky Up.
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Raza

#104
January 25, 2012, 09:03:52 PM
Quote from: Laconian on January 24, 2012, 10:45:45 PM
You'd what-smash them?

Wait.  You don't know Teuton Smash?

It seems the original post was in the Chat Thread that someone deleted, but here's another post where I reference it:

http://www.carspin.net/forums/index.php?topic=23435.msg1592368#msg1592368
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cawimmer430

#105
January 26, 2012, 07:37:51 AM
Quote from: Madman on January 25, 2012, 07:57:17 PM

That may be true but I understand what Wimmer is saying.  The Audi 50 looks dainty and delicate compared to the chunky Up.


Exactly.
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giant_mtb

#106
January 26, 2012, 11:41:12 AM
I hate when "they" put exclamation points on car names.
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