Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:57:18 GMT From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzle.nospamnospamlobal.net> Subject: Re: Funny quote about the SAAB 9-3 based Cadillac BLS
"Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> wrote in message news:4233D2EB.B4EA3838nospamail.com... > You sure about that ? I think they ( Bentley ) were always targeting the > US > market. > If they were targeting the US market, it was a wasted effort. 99.99% of the US popluation seeing a Bently go by (if that should ever happen) would think it is a Rolls-Royce with a funny grille, assuming that they would recognize a Rolls-Royce. Even fewer would know where to buy one. If they got past all of that and had the wherewithall, they would purchase the Rolls because of its name recognition. I don't even know how these models apperance has changed after the Rolls-Bently selloff to the Germans. Actually, most people in the US think the same of a Rolls-Royce as Europeans think of a Cadillac - gawdy, bloated, ostentatious, overpriced, horribly uneconomical and it is one of the few cars where buyers get to pay the US "Gas Guzzler Tax" as part of its purchase. GM has managed to avoid that tax in all but the Holden Monaro based Pontiac GTO with automatic transmission. Even the typical Cadillacs and Corvettes manage to avoid this tax. > > Graham >
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