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1. MGF's (score: 1): Author: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 17:08:08 GMT; Why can't you get MGF's in the US?; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00418.html (7,331 bytes)
2. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 16:50:52 -0400; They do not meet air bag and emission regulations. But I heard they are working on that. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Bugeye Sprite 67 Sprite 59 A40 http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00436.html (8,281 bytes)
3. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: David Christman <dpc@ai.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 17:16:26 -0400 (EDT); the rumor I heard was that BMW (current owner of MG parent Rover) does not want competition with the Z3. Probably want to avoid federalization costs too.; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00444.html (8,150 bytes)
4. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: "Ric Bergstrom" <Ric_Bergstrom@britishcarclub.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 00:59:56 -0400; Automobile Magazine this month. One of the first editorials. Talks about an MGH on the next Z3 platform with an I4 engine in the $20k range and a Austin healey 3000 (retro style) on the Z8? chassis.; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00460.html (9,113 bytes)
5. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Paul A Asgeirsson <pasgeirsson@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 01:52:33 EDT; What about some of the Volvos that were made in GB, sold in Sweden, but make it into some Brit car meets? Or do they get tossed out with the S.Carolina/German/Brits!! Paul PAsgeirsson@juno.com Get th; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00461.html (10,326 bytes)
6. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: "Ric Bergstrom" <Ric_Bergstrom@britishcarclub.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 02:03:15 -0400; I say we let 'em in. As long as they can show that one British person at least brought the donuts (Streudel?) during the design phase and said "Looks good to me ". Richard Bergstrom, President Centra; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00462.html (11,154 bytes)
7. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 09:51:11 GMT; That dosen't really make sense...If they introduced it,sure it may compete with the Z3 but it would only increase their market share.. Andy; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00463.html (8,425 bytes)
8. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 04:47:30 -0700 (PDT); Depends on the margin per vehicle. If an auto company can make $$$ by selling a car somewhere, they will. If they can make more $$$ by selling it elsewhere, they will.; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00464.html (8,410 bytes)
9. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: David Christman <dpc@ai.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 13:53:28 -0400 (EDT); I think the issue is that it would cost alot of money to bring in the MGF and support it, and many of the buyers would just be shifting from buying a Z3 to MGF. Not enough new sales to support the i; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00488.html (8,934 bytes)
10. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:47:28 -0700; Hmmmm....... how do you define a British car? Is a new Jaguar British just because it is built in Britain, even though it is owned by a (predominantly) American company? If Mazda opened a factory in; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00549.html (9,815 bytes)
11. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: "Wiedemeyer" <boxweed@thebest.net>; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 09:53:41 -0400; (predominantly) It seems to me that one thing determines what "nationality" a car is: Country of origin of longest (if more than one) owner of the company. Bob; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00557.html (9,197 bytes)
12. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:41:14 -0400; Well, there is a certain feel to a British car vs Italian vs Japanese vs American vs German. For instance, I don't care that Z3s are made in South Carolina, they are still teutonic. And the Acuras ma; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00559.html (10,275 bytes)
13. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 12:50:47 -0400; What about Ford Populars, Anglias, and all the other English Fords? Now my Ford Pick up was built in Toronto Canada, is it American or Canadian? Or is it a Jaguar? I would say that since Jaguar is a; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00572.html (10,831 bytes)
14. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:04:35 -0600; In addition to what Frank said I've heard two things. 1) They may not meet side impact requirements. 2) BMW does not feel that the potential sales in the US justify the cost of DOT certification, set; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00577.html (8,554 bytes)
15. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 13:47:24 -0600; Sorry but you are wrong. (Flame away my shields are impregnable.) Saying the "F" isn't British is like saying the new Corvette isn't American because it doesn't have the aerodynamics of a '57 Belair; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00585.html (9,256 bytes)
16. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:30:50 -0400; OK, here's a fun game and bonus points if you get the Canadian one right, because there _is_ a right answer. Complete the following phrases: As American as: As British as: As Japanese as: As German a; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00590.html (8,456 bytes)
17. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:30:04 -0400; Oh good, I was waiting for someone to tell me that my aesthetic sense is all wrong. Like my wife doesn't do that everyday. My point was, and please do not agree, when one looks at a Boxster, is there; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00591.html (10,998 bytes)
18. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:34:40 -0700; As American as:Baseball As British as:Boiled Bread As Japanese as:Sumo's As German as:Hitler As Italian as:Mario As Canadian as:Maple Leaf As French as:Frogs As Swiss as:Goat Cheese As Belgian as:Cho; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00602.html (8,501 bytes)
19. RE: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:22:50 -0500; As American as: Whatever it is, it better be big. Really, really BIG. As British as: Conservative politicians in sex scandals As Japanese as: This whole business of assigning iconic objects to repres; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00605.html (8,574 bytes)
20. Re: MGF's (score: 1): Author: Christian Stanton <cstanton@pixley.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 19:04:08 -0400; My $.02 to the general chatter: Engineering Maxims: As American as: Build it so it has no choice but to work. As British as: It doesn't have to work in the damp. As Japanese as: It doesn't have to wo; /html/spridgets/1999-06/msg00609.html (9,572 bytes)

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