Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 16:31:25 -0500 From: KeithG <noonenopsamspring.com> Subject: Re: Saab or GM?
I think they were versions of the Renault 25. KeithG Walt Kienzle wrote: > I was talking about currently available new models. Alfa pulled out of the > US around 1995, so it is possible that you could see some new looking ones > around. Renault had a strong presence in the US in the 1980's when it > bought most of American Motors Corp. (AMC) so it could have more stores from > which to market its products. The cars were interesting looking, but > mechanically horrible, so AMC went further down the drain. Renault > officially began to vanish in the US when Chrysler bought the nearly > worthless AMC to get the still valuable Jeep division. But Chrysler still > marketed two Renault models (Premier and Medallion - I don't recall which > Renault model numbers those models corresponded to) under the Eagle brand > for a few years because that was part of the contract agreement. I believe > that ended around 1992. > > Walt Kienzle
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