Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Bentley,then! Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> mail2web.com ? What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? >>>> http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >