I guess my comment on compromise was subjective at best.
I was referring to styling cues and the "wind-tunnel look". And I do =
really think that a car with no AC, roll up windows (if any), etc, WOULD =
sell, its all in the marketing! Call it retro if you like, but there is =
absolutely no way a tiny 2 seater should cost what a new Miata or Z3 =
goes for! Screw the leather, CD players, AC and the other comforts. It =
doesn't even have to be incredibly fast, just good handling and enough =
"styling cues" from the past to conjure up old memories, and a killer ad =
campaign to boot (that's the cynical, realistic part), for no more than =
$15k, and I BET people would come running with check books in =
hand...Question is, can it be done?
Parts-wise, it can be a big compromise as long as it fits the =
description above.
Dan
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From: Gregory Kirk
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 1997 9:42 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Cc: MGS@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: MGF? No, merci, Compromise...bah humbug
the funniest thing I find about this whole ide4a that a new MG shout be =
a
no compromises cars, is that the old MG's were full of compromises. =
They
were FAR from the best and most current technology, What Cecil Kimber =
and
SNIP
Greg,
'62 Midget, side curtains with the optional heater.
"But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
Yeats
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