I'd argue that VW is losing the plot, but I don't think that the Golf is a good example of that; ...

Yes, at least the new R32 can lay some claim to extending the GTI bloodline...

The Touareg and the Phaeton would be good examples of VW's loss of focus, though.

Some smaller, more utilitarian Touareg I could understand as the Next Big Thing, but a 12-cylinder sedan??? OK, so maybe you don't want folks thinking *too* hard about the genesis of volks wagen, but I *really* don't understand the Whole Porsche/Audi group strategy. It's like they got everybody together from P/A/Seat/Skoda/VW and *said* they were going to rationalize their product lines, but then let every group do whatever they felt like. Porsche SUVs? Gulp!

And they were doing so well. The Passat was sooo just right.