2009 (VW518) R-Class Crossover News Thread

[Alx]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

The general thrust of these renderings is very good. Overall, I'd be very happy to see this in production.

Exactly what i was thinking.... Rear could use some help, front has some BMW looking similarities...

 

[Tumbo]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

Looking from the rear, if not for the VW logo, you could think it's an Audi...

 

[EnI]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

Alsmost a carbon copy of BMW's RFK (=V5) idea.

Don't know who to blame: Huckfeldt, or VW designers?

Yet V5 will have more aggressive looking front, and all the flame surfacing.

 

[Mr. M]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

Looks good, might come too late though.

 

[Imhotep Evil]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

Looking from the rear, if not for the VW logo, you could think it's an Audi...

My toughts exactly.

 

[Yperion]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

Alsmost a carbon copy of BMW's RFK (=V5) idea.

Which is a cerbon copy of R class , which is a carbon copy of Chrysler Pacifica, which is a carbon copy of....

 

[Imhotep Evil]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

Which is a cerbon copy of R class , which is a carbon copy of Chrysler Pacifica, which is a carbon copy of....

Nope.

Also VW has a tendency of not beying able to stop copying Audi (Passat) and BMW (why does VW need the Hofmeister kink ?!).

 

[EnI]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

Which is a cerbon copy of R class , which is a carbon copy of Chrysler Pacifica, which is a carbon copy of....

No, no, no. You are dead wrong on this.

BMW V5 is very different from R-class. It will be more like a huge hatch / shooting brake than a sporty van-ish vehicle like R-class.

I hope BMW will show the V5 concept soon to show the general public what exactly BMW have done with RFK idea. And to finally show BMW ARE NOT DEVELOPING a R-class-like vehicle!!!

 

[Yperion]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

BMW V5 is very different from R-class. It will be more like a huge hatch / shooting brake than a sporty van-ish vehicle like R-class.

1- VW has been talking about this vehicle for nearly 3 years (it was called Sfero) and back then BMW had no plans for V5 (at least not public ones)
2- The V5 isn't out yet so how can VW copy something that we don't even know how it looks

Now get over the allegations.

 

[EnI]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

1- VW has been talking about this vehicle for nearly 3 years (it was called Sfero) and back then BMW had no plans for V5 (at least not public ones)
2- The V5 isn't out yet so how can VW copy something that we don't even know how it looks

Now get over the allegations.

1. The point is: RFK idea is quite old (at least 5 years). Yet is true BMW announced the vehicle a year and a half ago in Geneva 2005.

2. That's why I said I did know who to blaim: Huckfeldt or VW designers - since this SportVan impression by Huckfeldt is very similar to RFK / V5. But I guess is just Huckfeldt's impression based on V5 (actually on his RFK CGI).

You don't need to play VAG's advocate.

 

[phaeton]

Re: 2009 VW Sportvan.

CAR has more info on production version of Neeza here
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/first_official_picture.php?sid=297&page=1