"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:14:30 -0800, the infamous "Bill Noble"
scrawled the following:

actually, the market that the american car makers abandoned was two-fold -
small cars (like the rambler metropolitan), and small high end cars -
there
is no reason why we can't make cars as nice as Porsche, but we dont' want
to. So, if you look at the profit margins, who is raking in the money?
Porsche (they just bought 75% of VW when the stock market tanked) - why
doesn't GM make a BMW killer? who knows, but it's not that it can't be
done.

Hell, given a few more years of production, Zastava Automobil (makers
of the famous Zastava Koral, aka: the Yugo) could have built a BMW
killer. Austrian and German engineering are waaaaay overrated in this
country, as far as vehicles go.

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last time I was in the market for a car, I drove the small cadilac -
horrible uncomfortable car at any price - I ended up with another german
car - not because it goes fast (after all, stuck in traffic, all cars go the
same speed) but because it was comfortable - though I don't think I'll be
getting another convertible any time soon. Give me a car with excellent
seats, good interior layout, tight and accurate suspension and excellent
fit, finish, and reliability - don't try and pawn off a miniaturized land
yacht with a big engine as the same thing. I tried the Vette - feels like a
big car, didn't like it (though it was really fast). I can't believe that
my tastes are all that unique. There is a segment of the market that
doesn't like to trade a car every 3 years (I prefer "never"), which will pay
for quality and reliability (as opposed to fancy chrome and big wheels), and
which doesn't require something that can drag a small house around.

If I want a land yacht, I can drive my 59 cad - when I want to go to work, I
certainly don't need that sized car (and it isn't all that comfortable
anyway)


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