John,
Remember the Yugo??? And they were going to introduce the wagon (estate)
version to be called the Wego....
Ray
At 04:00 PM 12/4/97 -0500, John McEwen wrote:
>What image? It doesn't get much worse than an expired Pony rusting at the
>side of the road.
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>>In <3.0.1.32.19971204154114.006d9748@pop.mindspring.com>, Ray McCrary wrote:
>>>Wonder which US company will buy RR now that its' for sale?
>>>Ray
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>>This has naturally enough been a topic of intense conversation in the
>>rr.b mail group. The informed consensus seems to be (at this stage)
>>that BMW has the upper hand, in that they designed the V-12 for the
>>new series of cars and have a contractual alliance already. The only
>>other serious contender is Daimler-Benz, although dozens of other
>>possibilities have been rumoured, from Saudi oil sheikhs to Japanese
>>consortiums. No serious talk of American companies getting into that
>>action. Hyundai, maybe? Would do wonders for its image....
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