Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/26

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Subject: [Leica] a serious question
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Fri Sep 26 00:35:04 2008
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Jayanand,
manufactured (past tense) - the Phaeton was the biggest flop VW ever had 
- most of those they built are used by VW as VIP transport for VW events 
or as fleet cars.
Nobody wanted a limousine with a VW badge on the front.

Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and other exotic marques, are often seen on 
the roads here in Germany. Quite recently some absolutely gorgeous 
Maseratis too.

Cheers
Douglas

Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> They also manufacture the Phaeton. Who drives Ferraris on the road anyway?
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:39 PM, simon jessurun 
> <simon.apekop@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>   
>> I think Volkswagen has a bigger market share then Ferrari.
>> my 2 cents
>> simon
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:46 PM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net <
>> wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Philip Forrest <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> So what is the reason that Leica has just a tiny fraction of the market
>>>> share then?
>>>>         
>>> My guess is that the mass market isn't as passionate about image quality
>>>       
>> as
>>     
>>> those who are willing to pay Leica's prices.  Speaking only for myself,
>>>       
>> I'm
>>     
>>> not satisfied with 90% as good as I can produce.  The other 10% costs.
>>> Always has, always will.
>>>
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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Replies: Reply from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] a serious question)
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