Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 21:00:38 -0500 From: "Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> Subject: Re: Any thoughts on safety?
C Sutherland wrote: > > In article <47cd173a.0212040302.47257184nopsaming.google.com>, Phampton > <peter.hamptonnopsambm.com> writes > > Fortunatly, they don't sell these or virtually any other > >American car here in the UK as they are seem as far to large ( car and > >engine ), thirsty, poorly made and a bit cheesy. > > However I think it true to say we have a long and dishonourable history > of manufacturing more than our fair share of small, poorly made and > cheesy vehicles. > > > >Whack in a large stereo, some tasteful alloy wheels and hey > >presto...instant Stig Slomqvist ( Swedish Rally Ace from the Sixties ) > Slomqvist? I don't quite think the image of a weird looking 2 stroke, > no matter how amazing, is what we had in mind here. > > I thought the teenage appeal of large American cars was what you could > get up to in the back seat. Here the hatchback Saab 900 scores (sorry) > with a back seat that folds down to provide a full six foot deck and > room to install any amount of comfortable furnishings. > Strange how those sensible swedes never promoted safe sex as a Saab > selling point. > > Chas I'm puzzled by the original "phampton" comments. I seem to see quite a few Chrysler products (e.g. Neons and Jeeps) in the U.K. and other parts of Europe. The Neons were being promoted on TV in Britain a few months back as typically American, with lots of choices about specifications.
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