Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 19:31:32 GMT From: "Basil Mournian" <basilmnopsam.com> Subject: Re: Saab = Overpriced Crap?
Don't forget, American cars can have turbos, too. Like the Callaway Corvette in last year's Car and Driver...twin turbos, damn that thing is fast! :) <blockthisnopsamcom> wrote in message news:9qcfe6$90jnopsamatch.concentric.net... > In alt.autos.saab IleneDovernopsams.com wrote: > > The foreign car buyers may have quit buying sports cars but Americans > > still buy one hell of a lot of Mustangs, more than all others combined. > > Don't forget that the Corvette *always* outsold the Supra. > Supras are fine value at $20K, which is why people want to buy > them now, but the Supra Twin Turbo is easily humiliated by the C5. > > > > John wrote: > >> > >> I don't think I'd call Toyota an economy car company since they make such > >> models as Camry, Avalon, 4Runner...none of those are economy cars. And as for > >> turning profits, yes, they sell what turns a profit, and the Supra didn't turn > >> a profit because America got really pathetic and stopped buying sports cars. > >> > >> Come back when you get your head out of your ass. > >> > >> Just Bob wrote: > >> > >> > On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:14:49 -0500, John <johnnopsamoint.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > >Toyota stopped selling it because of people like you who are too wussy and > >> > >just too stupid to own one. > >> > > >> > They stopped selling them because no one wanted to buy a Toyota for > >> > that much money. Something to do with a reputation for being an > >> > economy car, I guess. I don't know if you've noticed this, but car > >> > manufacturers tend to keep selling things that turn a profit. > >> > > >> > Come back when you get out of Junior High School, sonny. > >> > > >> > Bob