Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:00:42 GMT From: joe schmoe <menospamin.not> Subject: Re: Saab looking to stay with GM
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:38:52 -0000, "John Hudson" <mypcnospam.com> wrote: > >"joe schmoe" <menospamin.not> wrote in message >news:r44js1tpqtn9u9v9hqhhqt5qg53tr75vsmnospamcom... >> On 14 Jan 2006 13:53:21 -0800, "SmaartAasSaabr" >> <smaartaassaabrnospaml.com> wrote: >> >> But as for BMW having been burnt by Rover.... I would hazard a guess >> that the UK Gov't's handouts and Mini & Land Rover's subsequent >> success eases the pain "somewhat". > >Land Rovers subsequent success with Ford must be painful for BMW or do you >mean by using a BMW engine in the Freelander Ford are still buying something >from BMW?. > BMW is doing well on the engine sales, plus the continuing shoddy build quality of the LR range will ensure that the blame will be directed towards Ford & not BMW. Though the BWM electronics leave lots to be desired in the terms of reliability in the LR's. My friend who runs a LR repair shop loves the new LR's. They are in the shop regularly from new and the owners seem to be a group of financial masochists who repeatedly pay for repairs that would launch lawsuits in any American auto manufacturers customers.
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