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Re: The Encyclopedia of Classic Cars - Review (Long)

To: hert@worldaccess.nl, mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
Subject: Re: The Encyclopedia of Classic Cars - Review (Long)
From: Ray McCrary <spook01@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:09:06 -0600
widen your view of the 
>world, take a look at a rerun of Starsky and Hutch, and look for Huggy
Bear and his wheels.

Sort of like watching 'The Dukes of Hazard' and claiming to know all about
the South....

>Seriously now: the US car industry does not do much to improve the views
of their products.

Who's the owner of Jag??
 
>Most brands are not imported officially in the EC and the only mid-market
attempt by Chrysler 
>was the Neon, which confirmed the image (yes: image): terrible handling,
bad fuel economy, 
>ugly as hell etc. Perhaps 20 were sold here and resale prices are the
lowest, if you can find 
>anyone willing to take it.

To that I say....Alfasud.  

  Apart from Chrysler, Ford and GM have their own lines and brands 
>here, do not want to compete against themselves, and understand the
general dislike of the 
>buyers of US boats. The market is always right, even if perceptions are
based on myths. 
>Again: the US car industry does nothing to change this. The Japanese have
managed to turn 
>the image of their cars from cheap copies into quality items in less than
25 years, and maintain 
>a good share of the market even at higher prices due to the yen. Now
that's clever.

It also helps that the Jap industry is virtually an organ of the
government, while the US companies aren't.  HOWEVER, the Japs build a good
car.
Pity they sometimes use DUMPING as a marketing ploy. 

>These discussions give me a warm feeling, it must be the season. Now where
did I leave the 
>MG bit? Mine's in the garage, it's just below zero here. Brrr....
>
>Cheers,
>
>Peter
>
>

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