And Tatra is no longer Czech-owned. :-(
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From: "an5 sprite" <an5.sprite@gmail.com>
To: "Dave KK7SS" <kk7ss@frontier.com>, spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net,
"spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 5:59:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Name that car
Land Rover and Jaguar is owned by the Tata group in India - not Chinese
Steve
------Original Message------
From: Dave KK7SS
Sender: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net
To: spridgets
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Name that car
Sent: Sep 7, 2011 6:42 PM
>From my car-knowledgeable son in Paris, France...
"Another mistake in the quiz:
Bugatti is not an Italian car company.
Ettore Bugatti was French, based in Mulhouse, France but the company was bought
by the VW group a while ago."
To which we can add Jaguar, MG, LandRover (and quite a few others) now Chinese
owned :(
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Dave G KK7SS
Richland, WA
'59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it..
'65 Sprite - in process :(
'76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :)
'06 Honda Civic Hybrid
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