Filed under: Rumors, Steve Jobs
Apple and VW in talks over "iCar"?
You've got to love a story that starts: "It has been reported..." Nonetheless, leftlanenews has a report that Uncle Steve and Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn "met earlier this month in California to discuss the possible joint-venture." Apparently there's been some market research that shows a market for an Apple upgraded automobile (no, really, people like Apple's electronic gadgets?). Nonetheless, I think this one is still in la-la rumor land, though maybe this lends some credence to that Apple GPS rumor we posted about in June. In any case this makes me feel even better about a white Apple sticker on my Jetta! So what do you think, are you ready to run out and buy a VW/Apple iCar?Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
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mike said 2:21PM on 8-31-2007
Two words: HELL YEAH!
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Anthony said 2:33PM on 8-31-2007
I'm waiting for the ZuneKar. Brown on Brown. Drives only on Mircosoft toll roads. You can squirt gas to other ZuneKars but it evaporates after 3 minutes.
What a fine automobile.
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Jim said 2:49PM on 8-31-2007
Err, you'll definitely want to wait for the 'unlocked' version...
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DBrim said 2:51PM on 8-31-2007
I don't know about anybody else, but I'm still trying to scrounge up the money to buy aCar, not an iCar.
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javery said 3:32PM on 8-31-2007
I wonder if Apple will do a deal where you can only get gas from Exxon and Apple gets a cut of the profit from that gas. ;)
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Angela said 3:48PM on 8-31-2007
I wonder if Apple will fix VW's quality control problems, first.
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TheManDan said 3:55PM on 8-31-2007
As a recent VW buyer, long-time MacHead, I would take out a fourth sub-prime mortgage on this shack I live in, drop my Directv, my land line, sell my hair or at least my children's hair and give up bingo to finance an iCar.
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Adam Rice said 4:35PM on 8-31-2007
It would make a lot of sense for Apple to open a UI design studio and offer services to car companies, consumer-electronics companies, etc. If they could do it without compromising their own development, that is.
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Jonathan said 5:40PM on 8-31-2007
With cars becoming more and more dependent on their internal computer system, it would seem only logical computer companies become involved in the process. There is also a growing interest in cars like the smart, mini and most recently the Fiat nuova 500 (dubbed "the iPod of cars") which rely heavily on a characteristic design and are much more elegant than the heavier cars and SUV's. I would love to see a modern city-car with industrial design and tuned by Apple. And the Volkswagen beatle may be a good starting point...
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jan said 7:26PM on 8-31-2007
long live socialism!!
long live the public transportation!!
How about a iSub or a iTrain or a iTeleporter or TimeMashine
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or
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iWalk
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andrew harrison said 9:51PM on 8-31-2007
this is goooood news.
i'm currently driving my first v-dub, a MkV Golf. I love it. I will definitely buy a VW again, and this just sweetens the deal.
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Diddle said 1:24AM on 9-01-2007
"Named by VW in Germany. Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in Mexico."
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basscadet said 11:04AM on 9-01-2007
no need for all that design & development fuss, Apple will just sell their logos to any company that comes out, the said company will use them on a product with minimal look & feel (white or aluminum) -> fanboys will instantly recognise the inherent "quality", "simplicity", "ease of use" and fork over the cash.
Why not BMW or Mercedes though?
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