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1. Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:25:15 +0000; Ray, I defy you to find a single car that was developed in a vacuum. Elements of any car can be found in earlier cars, the only difference is how public the automaker is about admitting it. Not that; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01196.html (9,037 bytes)
2. Re: Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: Spook37211@aol.com; Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 18:02:24 -0400 (EDT); << I defy you to find a single car that was developed in a vacuum. Elements of any car can be found in earlier cars, the only difference is how public the automaker is about admitting it. Not that I; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01328.html (9,665 bytes)
3. Re: Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 18:12:07 -0400; There's something you might never hear again. Worth printing for sure. Or do mean "tried hard" the way I might "try hard" to lift my house with one hand? Ever driven one? Seen under the hood? Been mo; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01329.html (7,875 bytes)
4. RE: Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@classic.msn.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Aug 97 02:26:38 UT; << I defy you to find a single car that was developed in a vacuum. <snip> Ever hear of the Yugo? Apparently it was designed by a communist Smurf in a vacuum left in some closet with no light! Sorry,; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01341.html (10,346 bytes)
5. RE: Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: jello@dns.ida.net (Phil Bates); Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 01:57:14 -0600; Your message below about the Yugo is totally and 100% incorrect! The Yugo was a direct rip off of a lousy Fiat that had failed in all markets several years before 1980 (when the Yugo was introduced).; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01360.html (11,099 bytes)
6. Re: Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>; Date: 22 Aug 1997 09:02:55 -0500; Eh? It's ~ 20% wider, 40% heavier, has unitized construction (Elan had backbone chassis), upper/lower a-arm rear suspension (Elan had lower a-arm, chapman strut), steel bodied (Elan was fiberglass).; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01372.html (7,884 bytes)
7. Re: Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>; Date: 22 Aug 1997 09:06:39 -0500; Yes, the Yugo was a license-built Fiat. The materials selected were very poor. Anyway, engine parts, wheels, etc. from Fiat do fit. I had 2 Yugos and I'm not afraid to admit it! -- Matt Liggett <mlig; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01373.html (7,811 bytes)
8. RE: Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Fri, 22 Aug 97 11:00:07 -0400; The Yugo is an exact replica of the FIAT BRAVO. I worked for a Fiat dealer when that hunka junk came out. Yes they bought the plans but also the dies and tooling direct from Fiat. Larry Macy 78 Midge; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01378.html (11,878 bytes)
9. Re: Jap=Ripoff? (score: 1): Author: MLishego@aol.com; Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:16:10 -0400 (EDT); << Your message below about the Yugo is totally and 100% incorrect! The Yugo was a direct rip off of a lousy Fiat that had failed in all markets several years before 1980 (when the Yugo was introduce; /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01380.html (7,283 bytes)

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