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Re: Mustang...Spitfire???

To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Mustang...Spitfire???
From: "Dr. Faustus" <faustus@inconnect.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:11:08 -0700
Unlike the Mustang, the Spitfire is a true sports car.

Joe Curry wrote:
> 
> Big question and food for thought:
> 
> Did Lee Iacoca in bringing out the Mustang take a lesson form the
> Spitfire?
> 
> Both cars were essentially reworked from existing sedans (saloons)
> already being produced by their respective companies.  In Ford's case it
> was the Falcon which sprung off the Mustang and with Triumph it was the
> Herald which offered up the basis for the very successful Spitfire.
> 
> So with a couple years of Spitfire production as a model for releasing a
> "sporty" car in the Mustang, it is likely that Ford took Triumph's lead.
> 
> Or was it purely coincidence?
> 
> Joe
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>  -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer

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