Dear Leon Gumpert,
I have very high regards for German made products which are also my benchmark. Without a doubt , the Volkswagen Group is highly respected and recognised by the international community.

However you are so wrong to put Straits Times on par with your company, especially in terms of success and reputation of trust. Unwittingly you have done a serious disservice to the Volkswagen Group, because the S.T. is ranked internationally around 154th for umpteen years and it has to do with reputation.

Please allow me to point out that although S.T. has a history of success in making profits, try to understand it is all about monopoly in Spore and S.T. does not compete in the international business arena like the Volkswagen Group.

The most important point you MR. Gumpert need to digest, is the difference in management philosophy between Volkswagen and Straits Times.

One hoodwinks and the other does not.

Volkswagen and The Straits Times are brands with a successful history and a reputation of trust.

Volkswagen: Mmmmmmm, yup I do agree because there are so many other auto competitors and yet they still live up to their name.

Straits Times: Mmmmmmm, . . . . . . . . . . no competitor leh???? or should I say no other press company is allowed so? or course lah, ah gong one, do what you like, say whay you like, cos there will be no other press to point out their loop holes what.

Volkswagen is but not The ST

I think he trying to support PAP so that the CO. tax will lower. Now at this time, who will buy Volkswagen then Japanese car. Brother, time has change, likewise, you and your co.’s policy will have to change. If not, you will out from this market. Good luck!!!

As for ST. Is control by the gov. What to compare and compete. is just a media tool for the PAP government. So please think before you comment.

Why anyone would want to discredit Volkswagen with such a comparison is beyond me…

well both in deed have a common history…both brand names are supported by dictators…Hitler and Lee

why will VW bring themselves down in such a way? i dunno!

The VW bloke was trying to be politically correct in his press statement.
Unfortunately he may live to regret it when he finds out the true reputation of S.T.
Hopefully his countrymen who are well read and streetsmart will tell him.

PUI… this makes me puke.

if the GM of VW is “paid” by PAP underhand $$, then he is a damn blinded fool.

Besides, this is a real stupid comparison, VW with PAP????? where’s the sense? “reputation of trust”?? WHAT THE HECK?

i sense that PAP’s desperate

Might as well as Burmese Junta come here and promote PAP…

:: PAP old ah Lee my bery bery good friend. come and vote for him and he will STEAL your $$ and freedom away like how i did, to my own ppl!

well said guys :)!!

I used to read the ST but no longer. One get a better picture of the world by reading the New York times and biased BBC on line news. Sadly Mr Gumpert was just trying to get into the PAP regime good favour. Sinkaporean especially the online cummunity is not easily fooled. In fact, ST is just like the People Daily of China. Just a gahment mouth piece. The true free press were either closed or bankcurrupted year ago. Thank to modern cyperspace online news we Sinkaporean could still keep ourself informed. But big brother is not doing nothing about it. They are working hard to block website that they consider undesirable, again like communist China. We must stay vigilant and keep what ever free press from going down the extinction graveyard. Be prepared to be heard and make voice known to the tyrant.