[RWebb]

Sadly, the New Bus concept got killed off due to lack of funds.

Now guess who was running VW Group at the time??

Yup - our ol' buddy Ferdinand Piech - same guy who spent money like water as Head of R&D (and Racing) at Porsche (before the AG days). Porsche's money established it as the pre-eminent racing marque, and brought us the 911 R, S/T, RS, RSR, 934, 935, 904,906,908,910, Bergspyders out the wazoo and 917s with enough hp to light up NYC for years.

At VW, he was able to boost it into one of the top full-line carmakers in the world and launched the Phaeton. The money ran out before the New Bus made it under the wire tho.

Money well spent?