VLT wants to expand in YOUR nation! (Also buying companies!)

[Loria Aesir]

Message From: Jackson Reemey, Loria Aesir Trade & Economic Union (TEU)
To:Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>

Dear Mr Marino. We here at the TEU of Loria Aesir are overjoyed that we can reach a deal a start a promising business partnership together. We see no issues with the proceeders mentioned in your last message and look forward to starting this project as soon as possible.

On the subject of the military vehicles we would like to inform you that Loria Aesir is currently involved in a conflict with the neighboring country of Bravia. This conflict arose due to severe acts of terrorism against our people from said country. We would however like to insure you and your people that we have in no way infringed any human rights nor have we used extreme military tactics. Our operations in the now occupied country of Bravia are simply to eliminate the threat of a determined terrorist group known as Al Farrah. The order of military vehicles produced by your company are to both be used in this conflict and to bolster our ranks.

The order of armored coupes are to be used for our security forces in protecting the president and other high ranking members within the NSM.

We thank you for your interest in doing business in our fine nation.

Jackson Reemey, TEU.

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Gavin Forbes, Ford Motor Company United Kingdom of Blytheborough <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

Even though we admire your ingenuity, I am afraid that such a joint venture would be of little use to us. The new models would create far too much overlap with existing models in our range, especially considering we have recently become the owners of Celsan. Furthermore, it seems that the majority of the work will have to be done by our company, while your company still seems to take half of the profits home. Therefore, we are very sorry that we have no other choice than to turn down your offer.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Jackson Reemey, Loria Aesir Trade & Economic Union (TEU) <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

It seems that your background is in order. Therefore, I suppose that your nation will pass IVD checks without problems; this could mean that all VLT military vehicles wil be made available to the armed forces of Loria Aesir, including the L4 coupe vehicles that have been requested.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Loria Aesir]

From: Jackson Reemey, Loria Aesir Trade & Economic Union (TEU)
To: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>

Dr Mr Marino, We are overjoyed that we can do business. It has been a pleasure, many thanks.

J Reemey. TEU

[Lanarkhaime]

VLT are selling well in Lanarkhaime.
However, Toyota want us to engage in a joint venture with them - do we have permission to discuss this with them?

[Greater Ithera]

-Number of dealerships 20
-Expected sales number 200,000 vehicles a year
-Short description of your automobile market. We expect sales of 2.5 million vehicles a year
-Possibility of a VLT Automotive Factory to be built in your nation. we would approve a factory

Lord Alister Duncan
Minister of Transportation

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Lanarkhaime <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir/Madam,

While it is certainly good to hear about VLT automobiles selling well in a certain nation, in the office, we have been confused for days about who you actually are, as we have no additional details about your company or your person. Our mail server has been able to track your mail back to Lanarkhaime, but this does not get us any further.

A joint venture between VLT and another company can be established, but only when the mutual benefit outweighs the possible dangers of such an operation. Furthermore, there are lots of possible fields in which such a joint venture can take place; would you mind to elaborate?

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Lord Alister Duncan, Minister of Transportation, Greater Ithera <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

We thank you for your interest in VLT Automotive. We are of course extremely interested in setting up business in Loria Aesir. We hope to establish a local distributor ('VLT Greater Ithera'), which will market VLT and VLT Commercial vehicles. Two subsidiaries, ('Monteluci di Itera Maggiore' and 'Lepanto Itera Maggiore') will be established to take care of sales of these two separate brands. These companies will all operate from the same office, but will each guide the distribution and sales systems of their respective brands. This office shall also be the flagship store for the VLT operations in Greater Ithera, and will be the place where all models can be seen all together. Further dealerships will be run by private franchisers.

We hope to construct a factory in Greater Ithera with a total capacity of 2.5 million vehicles, thus offering employment to a total of 125,000 workers. The factory will house the production lines for the VLT L3, L4, L5 and L6.

Regular shipments will be arriving from the Grand Duchy of Van Luxemburg (or any other nation with VLT production facilities, for that matter.), in order to deliver the ordered cars and restock the showrooms in your nation. Spare parts will be delivered by separate shipments. Shipping will be handled by VLT's usual partner company, Koopmans Transporten B.V., or any of their allied shipping companies.

We wish you the best of luck and hope for a fine cooperation between your government and VLT Automotive!

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Astholm]

From: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <chris.dean@automotoriast.cz.cc>
To: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,
with regard to your VLT L3 saloon - we recently road tested it against the Toyota Axio, which is of similar size to it:

and your L3 came second out of three in the group test.

The website is under maintenance at the moment, so sorry we do not have a link.

The L3 has been a consistently rated choice in our Used Car Guides, although buyers here have considered the 1995, 2002, 2003 - 2005 - 2007 designs as the best versions of the L3.
However, one quote from an article we had on the L3 is here for you:

An interesting alternative to the Opel/Holden Astra, Chevrolet Optra, Ford Focus, Volkswagen Golf and Toyota Corolla, it's a well-equipped and spacious family car. There have been several generations of this car, but our favourites are the 1995 models, with their distinctive front ends, and the 2002 redesign, plus the sporty GT versions, which a more than a match for the Volkswagen Golf GTi/GTI.

We would like to know if there are any plans for a sports version of the L6 to compete with the locally-manufactured Rauce 830 4.4 V8 HSS Supersport.

Yours faithfully
Chris Dean
AutoMotori Astholm


(OOC: The actual website is http://autoguideastholm.awardspace.co.uk)

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your letter. Of course, we are curious as to why the L3 was put in second position, and thus are interested in reading the pros and cons of the L3 according to your magazine. Furthermore, it seems that, when the L3 comes two out of three, what brand and model exactly was the third car tested?

According to our archives, the L3 G9 was introduced in late 1993, with a newer L3 G10 being introduced in mid-1998, and was in fact the start of the more upmarket small VLT's. The 11th Generation (G11) was introduced in 2003, followed by the current model (G12) in 2009. We hope this clears out some misunderstandings.

There is already a sports version of the L6 available: the GT version with a 5-litre V10 and 535 PS. If desired, we can arrange for a road test vehicle of this model, as I suspect the local distributor will undoubtedly have one in their VLT flagship store.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Astholm]

From: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <chris.dean@automotoriast.cz.cc>
To: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,
the website (http://autoguideastholm.awardspace.co.uk) is undergoing maintenance at the moment, so I apologise for not having direct access to the road test report. However, what I can confirm from reading a backup copy of the road test, the third vehicle was a Volkswagen Fox-Jetta (a Volkswagen specific to our region, not related to the Fox or Jetta surprisingly enough, which also has the option of flexfuel on some versions, similar to what is utilized in Brazil by Chevrolet, Fiat, Ford etc. We would be interested to know if VLT would ever release flexfuel models - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_Brazil, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexfuel#Brazil have more info)
Basically, the L3 has had four generations, if I am correct. If not, what pre-1993 versions were available of the L3?
Also, what engines were available for these cars:
L3 (1993-1998)
L3 (1998-2003)
L3 (2003-2008)
L3 (2009-)

We did road test the VLT L6 V10 version, but it sadly came third out of four in a road test dated July 2009, due to a lack of manual gearbox and unrefined engine. We hope these are being worked on. The review was not written by myself, for the record. "John Doe" [not naming the journalist] may not review this car again, it will be tested again at some point in the future.

Yours faithfully
Chris Dean
AutoMotori Astholm

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your letter. Of course, we are curious as to why the L3 was put in second position, and thus are interested in reading the pros and cons of the L3 according to your magazine. Furthermore, it seems that, when the L3 comes two out of three, what brand and model exactly was the third car tested?

According to our archives, the L3 G9 was introduced in late 1993, with a newer L3 G10 being introduced in mid-1998, and was in fact the start of the more upmarket small VLT's. The 11th Generation (G11) was introduced in 2003, followed by the current model (G12) in 2009. We hope this clears out some misunderstandings.

There is already a sports version of the L6 available: the GT version with a 5-litre V10 and 535 PS. If desired, we can arrange for a road test vehicle of this model, as I suspect the local distributor will undoubtedly have one in their VLT flagship store.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Libertarian Governance]

Fr: Department of Free Trade
To:Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V.

We believe that Libertarian Governance is an excellent market for the VLT Automotive Group. We strongly recommend that you begin conducting business in our nation. We believe that 50 to 100 dealerships could serve our nation of 109,000,000 well. However, you are free to determine the amount that you desire. We have annual automotive sales in the range of 5 million vehicles per year. Our population buys more new vehicles then many comparable nations due to our high disposable income. Our liberal laws on business operations are a bonus to any business wishing to profit in LG and we would foresee no problem with the establishment of factories.Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Marcus Hussein
Dept. of Free Trade

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

As of current, there have been 12 generations of L3's, including the particular model available worldwide now. The first L3 rolled off the production line in 1946, and can be considered the Volkswagen Beetle of the Van Luxemburger population, also being the only model produced by the brand until 1951, when the L4 Sportcoupe came along. The L5 and L7 were not introduced until 1957, also the moment at which the first vehicles were exported. The original L3's have all been produced in the factory in Esch-sur-Alzette that is now responsible for the L7 and L8, but after several years, production had already expanded to several plants nationwide.

I am afraid that I do not have any engine specifications available for these models as of now. The VLT Museum in Esch-sur-Alzette is currently moving to a new building, and all information is everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

VLT models are constantly being improved. I am unsure whether a manual gearbox is considered by my R&D colleagues, but I believe the ECU has been tweaked following this year's model year updates, which should lead to a smoother engine, particularly when running stationary. Most petrol-powered VLTs can indeed be converted into ethanol-burning engines, which is a relatively simple modification.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Astholm]

From: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <chris.dean@automotoriast.cz.cc>
To: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,
thank you for replying.
we would be interested to know if you will launch flexfuel/ethanol versions of your vehicles at all for a feature we are doing on them.
We plan to test the Chevrolet Surike 1.8 Flexfuel LS against a VLT L5 flexfuel model if possible.

Yours faithfully
Chris Dean
AutoMotori Astholm

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Marcus Hussein, Dept. of Free Trade, Libertarian Governance <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

We thank you for your interest in VLT Automotive. We are of course extremely interested in setting up business in Loria Aesir. We hope to establish a local distributor ('VLT Libertarian Governance'), which will market VLT and VLT Commercial vehicles. Two subsidiaries, ('Monteluci di Libertarian Governance' and 'Lepanto Libertarian Governance') will be established to take care of sales of these two separate brands. These companies will all operate from the same office, but will each guide the distribution and sales systems of their respective brands. This office shall also be the flagship store for the VLT operations in Greater Ithera, and will be the place where all models can be seen all together. Further dealerships will be run by private franchisers.

We hope to construct a factory in Libertarian Governance with a total capacity of 5 million vehicles, thus offering employment to a total of 250,000 workers. The factory will house the production lines for the VLT L3, L4, L5 and L6.

Regular shipments will be arriving from the Grand Duchy of Van Luxemburg (or any other nation with VLT production facilities, for that matter.), in order to deliver the ordered cars and restock the showrooms in your nation. Spare parts will be delivered by separate shipments. Shipping will be handled by VLT's usual partner company, Koopmans Transporten B.V., or any of their allied shipping companies.

We wish you the best of luck and hope for a fine cooperation between your government and VLT Automotive!

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

For an official factory flex-fuel vehicle, we shall have to look into our own inventories, since I believe no vehicles have been delivered to any customers yet. We currently have an L5 test model with a 3-litre V6 ZMW E85-capable engine on Van Luxemburger prototype testing license plates, but I fear my colleagues from R&D will not appreciate sending this version over. A second possibility is a pre-production VLT L5 with the 2.0 TCi engine converted for bi-fuel purposes, running on both E85 and RON 98 petrol. This version is in possession of regular Van Luxemburger license plates, registered in Esch-sur-Alzette, and can be sent over for testing purposes. The feedback will also be used in order to finetune the pre-production model.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Astholm]

From: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <chris.dean@automotoriast.cz.cc>
To: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,
thank you for replying.
I notice you mentioned a ZMW engine was used in a preproduction model - I thought it was your policy to only use VLT engines in your cars.
Also, there have been rumours circulating around the motoring press in our nation that VLT will become the new distributor for Saturn vehicles here - is this true?

We will wait until you have a fully-developed flexfuel version available - and will be interested to know if the flexfuel system is similar to that in Brazil, or for that in Europe/North America.
One thing I note - I doubt a turbo engine would work with flexfuel, IMHO - few manufacturers here offer a turbo flexfuel version, AFAIK.

We await new developments on this with interest.

Yours faithfully
Chris Dean
AutoMotori Astholm

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

The ZMW engines were originally engineered in cooperation with VLT, and were borrowed solely for testing purposes. There are no plans to offer such a model to the market, and the vehicle is solely used for evaluation of engines specifically designed for E85 fuels.

I am not sure where this particular rumour comes from, but we have had no dealings with Saturn.

Furthermore, Ethanol is perfectly suited for turbocharged engines. The Ethanol octane rating is usually higher than regular standard petrol, which results in a better burn rate, while also allowing higher compressions, as this reduces the possibility of engine knocking, and with the variable compression rate of the TCi-type engines, the vehicle can run on virtually any compresion rate. Also, for example, Saab turbo-powered E85 engines have been available for years, and are reportedly reliable. We foresee no problems with the use of turbocharged E85 flexfuel engines. Please note that all of our engines can run on regular petrol with small amounts of ethanol additives, as required per Van Luxemburger law.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Astholm]

From: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <chris.dean@automotoriast.cz.cc>
To: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,
thank you for replying.
However, we would be interested to know if you would supply us with examples of the L6 from 1990 to 2000 for our "Classic Luxury Autos of the 90s" features, all specifications if possible.
Also, was there ever an estate version of the L6 available? Its nearest rivals here, the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon, offer estate models.

Yours faithfully
Chris Dean
AutoMotori Astholm

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

When speaking about luxury automobiles, would it not be wiser to present the L7 in your feature article? The L6 competes with the BMW 5-series in terms of segmentation, while the L7 can compete with the BMW 7-series. This way, it would perhaps be a better idea to use the L7 instead.
I am afraid that we do not have the specifications of either of these vehicles readily available. As stated before, our museum inventory is currently in transition and we thus cannot make use of our specification databases.

The L6 was indeed available as an estate version, starting from the second generation, introduced in 1987. However, as far as I know, the estate version of these early versions has never been exported outside the Grand Duchy of Van Luxemburg, while the current model does not yet have an estate version. The G2 (1987), G3 (1993) and G4 (2000) models all had estate versions, which were not exported according to our official information.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

(OOC: The reason that I do not have specifications is that it is impossible to come up with them on the spot. It'd take days if not weeks to come up with a half-decent specification for all L6 or L7 models.)

[Astholm]

From: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <chris.dean@automotoriast.cz.cc>
To: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,
thank you for replying to the email.
Do you have any pictures of the L6 estate version? Also, will the L6 get a twin-turbo model, as we speculated in September?

Yours faithfully
Chris Dean
AutoMotori Astholm

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Chris Dean, AutoMotori Astholm <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

As of now, I do not have any pictures of an L6 estate version available for you, as we are still sorting out the museum inventories. I do have pictures of the saloon versions, but I am afraid that I will not really help you with that.

The L6 will eventually be equipped with the TCi engine technology on the entry-level models, essentially making them sequential twin-turbocharged models. We have announced earlier that all four-cylinder engines will eventually be transformed into TCi engines. We cannot deny nor confirm any updates for the larger engines, as our development departments insist on their projects being classified.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.

[Kazbarstan]

From: Richard Kohut, Kuldah Motors, Kazbarstan <richard.kohut@kuldahmotors.cz.cc>
To: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,
we would like you to expand into the nation of Kazbarstan in a joint venture with us! It would be 50/50 owned by Kuldah and VLT. We currently distribute modified versions of Fiat, Citroen and Nissan vehicles within the nation of Kazbarstan. All vehicles that are marketed by us have the Kuldah- prefix on them, Kuldah-Nissan as one example.

If you agree to this venture the new company would market the L2 and L3 vehicles under the Kuldah brand with a different brandname, different model names and (possibly) different engines, with the VLT name reserved for the L4, L5, L6, L7, L9 and L10 vehicles. Although we are aware that badge-engineering is not something that you particularly like, but this strategy enables you to market VLT as a luxury brand here, due to our nation's market structure:

Mass-market brands (Chevrolet, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Lada, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen etc.)
Luxury brands (Audi, BMW, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar etc.)
Ultra-luxury brands (Maserati, Ferrari, Porsche etc.)

You would be competing with BMW (who market the 3, 5 and 7 Series here, plus the X3 and X5) and Audi (who sell the A4, A6, A8 and the Audi off-roaders here). Monteluci would still be able to be sold as an ultra-luxury brand in this nation, competing with the likes of marques like Maserati, Ferrari and Porsche, who are at the highest level of the automotive totem pole.

Marketing the L2 and L3 under the Kuldah brand name would not damage your image; it would enable you to compete in the luxury market effectively, and it would allow us (who manufacture mass-market vehicles) to produce your vehicles under a new brandname. These would be sold as captive imports by us; and the L5, L6 and L7 would compete with Audi, BMW etc.

This venture would give VLT a foothold in the Kazbarstan nation and effectively boost its image here - the marque is a totally unknown quantity here and we feel a joint venture with you would help you effectively break into the market.

Any feedback/enquiries are welcomed.

Yours faithfully,
Richard Kohut,
Marketing Director, Kuldah Motors, Kazbarstan

[Kazbarstan]

*Bump*

[Van Luxemburg]

From: Cristiano Marino, Interim Director of Sales, VLT Automotive Group N.V. <c.marino@vlt.vl>
To: Richard Kohut, Kuldah Motors, Kazbarstan <outgoing@vlt.vl>

Dear Sir,

If we would want to maintain a luxury image, there is no need to offer the L2 and L3 under a different brand name, or with a completely different company. Both cars are in line with the VLT luxury image, and have a more complete standard equipment than most vehicles in their class. The vehicles can be compared with (for example) the MINI and the BMW 1-series, respectively. Therefore, we see no reason to offer it under another brand name. If the models would damage our image as a luxury manufacturer, we can decide on either pulling them off the market, or simply rebranding ourselves as an automobile mass manufacturer, such as Volkswagen, offering cars up till the F-segment.

Monteluci also sells automobiles in the D-segment, and can take the position of a luxury brand for us, while also competing with Maserati through the F-segment vehicles they produce. Lepanto is a sports car manufacturer along the lines of Ferrari and Porsche, with their 650 Moiano.

Kind regards,
Signed,
Cristiano Marino,
Interim Director of Sales,
VLT Automotive Group N.V.