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destroy VW than what has happened over the past 20 years.
I say I'm no expert and I don't really follow car companies, but my dad loved his VWs and used to be a member of a midwest VW club. I had a GTI for a while but discovered that you can't drive it like the commercials unless you have a pit crew or deep pockets.
VW had been teasing a production version of their Bulli van since 2004. It took 22 years to make it to the showroom. And when it did, the price was twice the projected sales price ($80,000 vs $40,000) and it took so long to produce the thing that the market had many other all electric vehicles. But even though I love the idea of all electric, having the gas back up like we do with our Chevy Volt makes the car a lot more practical. So who wants a family vehicle that costs $80k and you can't even rely on it for a trip to the beach?
Then there is the bug which they just stopped producing AGAIN a year or two ago. I don't know much about marketing, but even I know that while the bug may not be the car that people leave with, it is the car they come to look at. Without the bug and the bulli what's left? Just another middle of the road car company with limited appeal.