lol, Congrats to....

[A3GTiVR6SC]

http://www.sportbilen.se/bilder/bilder/autofight1.jpg
http://www.sportbilen.se/bilder/bilder/autofight2.jpg
http://www.sportbilen.se/bilder/bilder/autofight3.jpg
http://www.sportbilen.se/bilder/bilder/autofight4.jpg

saw it on another forum. :D

[anarchy]

:rofl:

That's awesome!

[adam c]

and this is a repost too

[Lo)2enz0]

ya i remember seeing it somewhere else but not all together

funny as hell though

[Gooseberry]

:rofl:

[avow]

i laughed
i cried
it moved me

[euro_racer]

brilliant comebacks :D

[infected]

Hahaha that was great :rofl:

[BigMass]

gonna go buy a Bentley now :thumbsup:

[slickk]

that guy is my hero

[Mibz]

That made my day. Thank you.

[Zephyr]

LOL!!! I'm sold a on bently now

[alpha]

hahah awesome!

[gp36912]

ahahah :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: thats too funny :D

[dino_martini]

I posted this a while back, but its still funny. :rofl:

[Cruz]

Originally posted by avow
i laughed
i cried
it moved me

:rofl:

[guessboi]

:D :D :D that's awesome!

[Kirbs17]

:bigpimp:

[97'Scort]

Bentley is owned by Volkswagen, who has always had some bad blood towards BMW after the Rolls Royce incident. :D

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Rolls Royce incident?

[bituerbo]

Originally posted by LilDrunkenSmurf
Rolls Royce incident?
:wifstooped:

[A790]

Originally posted by 97'Scort
Bentley is owned by Volkswagen, who has always had some bad blood towards BMW after the Rolls Royce incident. :D

This is where you elaborate.

[asp integra]

hahahhah classic

[crazydriver]

:rofl: :rofl:

[Aleks]

since we are reposting.. subaru disses VW

http://cache.jalopnik.com/images/2006/04/fast7gf.jpg

[97'Scort]

Alright, gather 'round boys and girls...


In the early 1990s, BMW and Rolls-Royce Motors began a joint venture that would see the new Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and Bentley Arnage adopt BMW engines.

In 1998, both BMW and Volkswagen tried to purchase Rolls-Royce Motors. Volkswagen outbid BMW and bought the company for £430 million, but BMW outflanked its German rival. Although Volkswagen had bought rights to the "Spirit of Ecstasy" mascot and the shape of the radiator grille, it lacked rights to the Rolls-Royce name. Rolls-Royce plc (the aero-engine business) retained the rights over the Rolls-Royce trademark and wished to strengthen its existing business partnership with BMW which extended to the BMW Rolls-Royce joint venture. Consequently, BMW was allowed to acquire the rights to the grille and mascot, and licensed the name and "RR" logo after 2003 for £40 million. Volkswagen was permitted to build Rolls-Royces at its Crewe factory only until 2003, but quickly shifted its emphasis to the Bentley brand.

In the meantime, BMW was faced with the need to build a new factory and develop a new model. The new factory at Goodwood produced the new Rolls-Royce Phantom, unveiled on January 2, 2003, and officially launched at the Detroit Auto Show on January 5, 2003. The model, priced around US$330,000, has experienced record sales worldwide of 796 Phantoms sold in 2005.


Courtesy of the Wikipedia article on BMW (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bmw#Rolls-Royce)

Basically Volkswagen paid a fortune for something, but the bit they bought was essentially worthless. Rolls wanted to be part of BMW since they both started out making aircraft engines. So when BMW figured out the the entirety of the Rolls Royce brand name was owned by the aircraft division and not the auto division, they purchased the brand, trandemarks, logos and all for a tenth of Volkswagen's cost. Then they made Volkswagen pay royalties to use the brand they thought they had purchased.

So, understandably, Volkswagen has always been a little cheesed about that.

[gofastmerc]

Neet story.

:rofl:

[gp36912]

VW got owned on that one, :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[asp integra]

Originally posted by Aleks
since we are reposting.. subaru disses VW

http://cache.jalopnik.com/images/2006/04/fast7gf.jpg

ouch to vw, but my gti will destroy an sti come springtime@:burnout: