Date: 23 Oct 2002 07:25:26 -0700 From: BM524nopsamail.com (BM) Subject: Re: new 9-3
> It is a diffiicult decision to make as a corporate strategist - do you try > to protect your loyal 3% and keep appealing to them, or do you try to carve > a 5% niche in the remaining 97% of the market? Enter the MBAs. :-) > > To me, a car with 4 doors utterly eliminates itself from my list. Tried it, > found it boring. 2 or 3 doors, that is it. Make it upscale. Coupe or > hatchback. Give it over 190HP. BMW and Mercedes are moving into that > segment, top end fashion cars like a fully-accesorized Mini Cooper > furthermore turn up the heat in that niche... and maybe that is why Saab > decided to move out of it into a wider market before they re-enter it. > If you have a Pocket PC you could try using PocketAI to make your decision. It's shareware and great for deciding all kind of things like that. You can weight the benefit of your options by criteria that you choose, and see which answer is the best for you. http://www.3dnetproductions.com/pocketai BM