LAST AUTO NEWS – THERE SHE GOES AGAIN — OPRAH TO GIVE AWAY MINIVANS
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Quick, what car did Oprah Winfrey accord away? If you answered “the Pontiac G6,” again the association at Volkswagen are happy. They’re cyberbanking on the ambush alive to accession acquaintance of a slow-selling archetypal for them.
Autoblog explains, “Volkswagen is acquisitive to change the fortunes of its airy minivan by giving abroad two Routans on the Oprah Winfrey Show.” The move formed for Pontiac once. In 2004, if Oprah gave abroad G6 sedans on her show, “public acquaintance of the new auto attempt up to 87% and Pontiac was off the archive in Google and Yahoo searches, too.”
Of course, that day Oprah gave abroad 276 Pontiacs. She will be handing out the keys to just two VWs.
Motor Trend reports, “Volkswagen can’t accord abroad 276 Routan SEL Premiums, though, as anniversary archetypal able with the Premium amalgamation has an MSRP closing in on $40,000.”
Even if they could, the achievement ability not save the Routan. Ward’s Automotive notes, “Ironically, the G6 is headed for the history books. Production ends in September, a blow of broke GM’s accommodation to annihilate the acclaimed Pontiac brand.”
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