This one has been flyin across the www! I’m not sure what to think of it. If anything it would be a convergance of stuff on the inside. We’ve seen the news about Google and VW interfaces. We know Apple and Google have been scratchin each others backs these days.
Everyone and their grandmother makes and iPod HU (Kenwood, Alpine etc) , adapters from Belkin etc., so I think it would be a seamless intergration of the iPhone, iPod, MacBook or mini.. maybe a version OSX that runs the cars diagnostics. Who knows.
Apple does not need to enter VW’s auto designs. However, the new iMac is damn nice and goes quite well with my New Beetle!
According to a popular Apple rumors site, AppleInsider.
It’s rumored that VW chief executive Martin Winterkorn sat down with Steve Jobs recently to discuss the possibility of a new VW that would “include several Apple tie-ins” in an attempt to target a younger market.
I’m not going to get my hopes up. AppleInsider says that “Readers may want to take this one with a bag of rock salt”, and I’d have to heartily agree on that. But if Apple where to team up with an automaker, seemingly like minded VW might make the best fit. No matter what, any dealings with Steve Jobs and/or Apple can do nothing but good for VW, as it’s been noted several times that they struggle to understand the American market. Working Jobs, who seems to be a modern day King Midus, could help VW speak our language.
Volksbloggin.com via AppleInsider
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