Benjamin M. Levy writes...
> While wandering through the toy department of a local store, I ran
> across an unusual set of cars. It was a box labeled "Exotic European"
> cars, made by Majorette (a French toy company). In the set, there
> was a Lamborghini, a Mercedes, a Porsche, a Ferrari, and a _Morgan_.
>
> Which of these cars doesn't belong?
>
I dunno, the Mercedes?? Priced a Morgan Plus 8 lately? What is
it, 30K? It's hand built and the waiting list is currently a year
or more. Even then it has to be modified by the importer to bring
it up to DOT standards.
The March Esquire has a sensitive-male article on the Morgan
Car company where they use just the exotic cars you list above to
make some favorable comparisons with the Morgan's performance and
panache. Though the text gets a little too touchy-feeley, the
article gets redeemed by a number of nice artsy photographs of the
car and the workers who hand build them.
It's fast, expensive and hard to get in and out of; it rides
hard, looks great and only has two seats. What other criteria
does it need to satisfy??
Lawrence Buja
ccm0b@vm.cc.purdue.edu
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