> "Re-
> engineered TO DEATH, The story of the British Sports Car." Page 17 carries a
> story titled; "Defeating the Triumph, the decline of the British Sports Car
> Empire." Here are a few lines from the article. First a by-line:
>
> "How the English automotive industry lucked into a lucrative U.S. franchise
> without knowing why, and then threw it away."
I remember a Lloyd Dobbins TV show about Cresta toboggans. He said
"Leave it to the British to invent something, get pretty good at it and
then let somebody else beat them. It happened with soccer, and it
happened again at Cresta." Well, maybe the jury is still out on football,
but the there is not much question that BL really dropped the ball on
sports cars. (Hmmm, is it odd that I used a yank football expression right
after talking about association football? Well, I suppose the keeper
could drop the ball...)
> Well, there's a lot in this article for a SOL'er to chew on. The author's
> viewpoint seems clear. Look at his choice of words, imperfectly, misguided,
> hapless, & weird.
This paragraph suggests that you think the author is biased against the
English and is wrong about his findings. Stop me if I am reading you wrong.
My viewpoint is that he is smack on. That's the way it happened. British
Phlemsucking Leland (thanks, Scott!) DID screw up at nearly every turn.
They stopped the Healeys from making a faster Spridget because it would show
up the MGB. Is this stupid or what?
I hope those of you that own and love TR7s are not offended by this, but
you must admit they were a not a screaming success on the market.
phile@stpaul.gov
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