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Re: Future of RR?

To: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>, mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Future of RR?
From: Ray McCrary <spook01@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 16:50:45 -0600
I can see it now: A Hyundai with the RR Grill and the slogan "The Best Car
in the Third World".
It's a concept...
Ray

At 04:03 PM 12/4/97 -0600, A. B. Bonds wrote:
>In <3.0.1.32.19971204154114.006d9748@pop.mindspring.com>, Ray McCrary wrote:
>>Wonder which US company will buy RR now that its' for sale?
>>Ray
>>
>This has naturally enough been a topic of intense conversation in the
>rr.b mail group.  The informed consensus seems to be (at this stage)
>that BMW has the upper hand, in that they designed the V-12 for the
>new series of cars and have a contractual alliance already.  The only
>other serious contender is Daimler-Benz, although dozens of other
>possibilities have been rumoured, from Saudi oil sheikhs to Japanese
>consortiums.  No serious talk of American companies getting into that
>action.  Hyundai, maybe?  Would do wonders for its image....
>
>                       A. B. Bonds
>
>

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