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Subject: [Leica] a serious question
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri Sep 26 01:40:33 2008
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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
>>>>
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Replies: Reply from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Was: a serious question - now all kinds of VWs)
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