You lot get your cars far too cheaply already! Any road up, you still
wouldn't get the MGF ...
----- Original Message -----
From: Gordon Bird <gb@the-bdc.com>
To: Mgs@Autox.Team.Net (E-mail) <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 9:20 PM
Subject: FW: cheaper cars for the British
> Picked this up from the Audi Quattro list. Maybe would could get a
similar
> version for an MGF here in the US?
> Jeff Z, waddya think?
>
>
> > Tuesday March 28, 5:07 PM
> >
> >
> > Who you gonna call? Carbusters.com!
> >
> > By David Williams, Motoring Correspondent
> >
> > An audacious assault on "rip-off" new car prices was launched
> > today by the
> > Consumers' Association which fired up an on-line importation
> > service for "cheap"
> > cars.
> >
> > Carbusters.com is offering thousands of motorists the chance
> > to buy cars from
> > overseas dealers at huge savings. It is bound to alarm
> > traditional car dealers
> > and manufacturers who have been under intense pressure
> > through falling sales to
> > private buyers.
> >
> > As part of the association's Great British Rip-Off campaign
> > first unveiled at
> > the London Motor Show last year, the service is available to
> > any internet user.
> > During exhaustive three-month trials 83 cars with full UK
> > specifications, worth
> > more than £1.5 million, were ordered using the CA's service.
> >
> > According to the organisation, which has consistently accused
> > car firms of
> > overcharging British customers, buyers saved more than
> > £270,000 by using
> > carbusters.com during trial runs.
> >
> > Average savings were £3,000 to £4,000 per car during the
> > pilot phase which
> > coincided with a call from the CA for buyers to boycott
> > traditional car
> > dealerships.
> >
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