Trendy Boys

The Citroen DS3 is an options galore that will strike a cord with the boys for it's fashionable with all the hip options sans the pissy-ness.

The 2nd Gen Volvo C30, brought the older version's manic pace to the Prada crowd with fiercer design and a ton of fancy accessory-options inside out. I love the floating dash board with optional electric guitar 'flame-surfaces.' Coolness.

MINI: More iconic than pretty but You've got to drive to believe why its worth the designer price tag. I love the quirky Clubman.

The Peugeot 1007 is for the high-heeled retail-therapied fashionista who's got too much bags to tote around and concerns herself with stepping in and out in style and little hassle via the big auto sliding doors. Who said anything about the boys?

The retro-dazzled Fiat 500 is undoubtedly a thing of beauty and its fashion-accessories options list is looooong and matches the DS3. A very nice toy for its agility. Yes, that's lingo understood only by the boys.

The New Beetle was the icon that introduced the word 'chic' to the boring car engineers. It's very cute, great build quality and brand, and that's it. You want an exciting drive? Get the Scirrocco instead. Or a designer pony.

Who says the girls are the trendy wheelers? Yes, they know the brands and the goods.

But The boys know better. The story, behind the label.

Q

80's Rewind

You know that the PR Department is doing a fine job when they can sell you watever crap their companies churn out.

And journalists all over buy the sh*t.

One fine example is the up coming , much-hyped about sports-coupe, the Volkswagen Scirocco.

It's been touted as bold and dynamic. Among other superfluous and bombastic descriptors that suggest an unparalleled sporting soul .

An

obvious rival to the Honda Civic Type R, the Alfa Romeo Brera, Volvo C30 C3 and the BMW 1-Series

, this car is really more old-skool rather than 'cutting edge' and 'projecting the future of VW' , me thinks.

I don't know about the 'Dynamic' part, because I haven't had a hand in it (although it should be , being derived from the manic VW Golf R32) .

But look at the shape of this thing!

It's at best the old Toyota Paseo rip-off (or dreaded, old Mitsubishi Colt)

At worst, any other car from the Retro-gone-wrong era.

Only the Americans are good at the harking-back, so VW should just leave it as that.

Okay, if you haven't already understood my stand on the new car, lemme make it loud and clear:

It's so 80's !

Shame that Volkswagen is thinking of using this as the new face of the company.

The Scirocco is ready if Steven Spielberg is ready for another installment of 'Back to the Future.'

Even VW, it seems, can't get it right all the time.

Q

> It's not ugly , just not inspiring or progressive.