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Jan 29, 2009 - Consumers Heed Brooke Shields' Advice; Routan on Hold

Parenting Advocate Brooke Shields Hard at Work with VW Routan

Score a big victory for parenting advocate Brooke Shields, who urged couples to have children for love, not the German engineering found in Volkswagen's Routan. (Of course, there's nothing remotely German engineered about the Routan, but that's neither here nor there.)

Apparently, people have been opting to indeed have children for love and hold off on their purchase of a Routan because Volkswagen has ordered Chrysler to stop production at its Windsor, Ontario, factory. This is obviously a huge victory for parenting groups, family advocates, the core of society, and Shields.

Past Brooke Shields victories included successfully keeping her boobs covered with hair in the "Blue Lagoon" and convincing Andre Agassi to "just let go" of his super 80s mullet.

-James Riswick

(See Brooke Shields hard at work in her family advocacy at VW.com/routan. It's quite funny, especially the credits at the end)

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sarahsmile90 - Jan 30, 2009 12:36 pm
While it was a cute ad campaign, bottom line, VW lovers aren't gonna buy a Chrysler and Chrysler drivers aren't gonna buy a VW.
gearhead1977 - Jan 29, 2009 1:02 pm
I looked at the Routan at NAIAS. I wasn't impressed, but a lot of people were really looking this thing over. More so then the identical Chryslers. The Routan didn't need to be built and VW should have just done without a minivan until something better could be done. Not as much room or versatility, but I'd rather have the Passat wagon for the same money (which very few people were checking out at NAIAS)
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