At 07:13 PM 3/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Ford also owns Volvo, along with Aston Martin & Land Rover.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: Re: "ist D" marketing
> > Nope. Some of the most respected Car magazines world-wide call these cars > > utterly pointless and only for those with aversion to money. This is of course > > taking it a bit too far, but according to the japanese car manufacturers what > > sell well Europe sells well everywhere. Nobody in their right mind buy a Camry > > when you can get a Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi for the same money. I wasn't aware > > the US was the world leader. When it comes to cars theres no dispute that > > Europe is best when to comes to technology. > > > Not when it comes to cameras, my Eurocentric friend. And the U.S. would beat > the snot out of you guys with cars, too, if most of our best engineers > didn't go to work for defense contractors. One reason the Japanese do so > well is that all their best engineers go to work for consumer-goods firms. > > And of course Ford now owns Jaguar. Who owns Volvo and Saab? The car > industry in Britain is in parlous shape, and with the exception of Ferrari, > I don't see very many people bragging about Italian cars. Take away the > Germans, and your argument disintegrates. > > --Mike > >
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