I'm not too sure about this, I think it's going to be Brooks' version of the VW K70. Remember those? no you don't do you. I think VW sold about 3. Mind you, They got sensible and asked an Italian bloke by the name of Giugario to design them a new car, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Yes and no. The K70 was seminal in many ways.
The Passat (in the form of the Audi 80) was already in gestation when the K70 arrived, so Giugiaro was somehow already waiting in the wings.
Type-1 cars were clearly stuck in a rut and the Type-4 had been a commercial flop. Air-cooled rear-engined cars had become antiques by then and VW had nothing else.
NSU were brought on board (more to add substance to Auto-Union than to VW) and had a market-ready product. It made sense to slot it into the VW model range (even using its NSU name) as a stop-gap. Although the K70 was not a market success, it allowed the market to accept the notion of a front-engined, front-wheel drive VW.
So if you mean K70 in the sense of a vanguard into a new and flourishing era then yes... If you mean it as a stand-alone flop which provided no positive change, then no.
As to the saddle, some people would buy used chewing gum if it bore a famous logo. Sign me up now!!
