Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:15:16 +0100 From: Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: "Latest Saab 9-3 retains distinctive personality, performance"
Fred W wrote: > johannes wrote: > > Eeyore wrote: > >>johannes wrote: > >>>Eeyore wrote: > >>>>Adrian wrote: > >>>>>Eeyore (rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com) gurgled happily, > >>>>>sounding much like they were saying : > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Would it have done better as a Chevrolet maybe ? > >>>>> > >>>>>Since Chevrolet is "GM's global value brand" - value being used in the same > >>>>>sense as "Tesco stripy" - and is the badge now stuck onto Daewoos, I doubt > >>>>>it's quite what they're aiming for with the BLT... > >>>> > >>>>At least it's not associated with white haired Floridians and a reputation for > >>>>building barges. > >>>> > >>>>I doubt many in the UK know it's a 'value brand' anyway (aside from Daewoo > >>>>having being renamed Chevrolet). They're more likely to look at the Corvette and > >>>>think 'Ooohh' ! > >>> > >>>Or they're are usually trucks? Chevy trucks have this very prominent > >>>Chevy cross on the front. > >> > >>Not something you'd see in the UK. There's no real market for 'trucks' here. > > > > > > Yes, a strange difference to the US market where trucks are the thing to > > have, apparently. But trucks have high fuel consumption due to drag, and > > we pay over twice as much for fuel. > > Not just drag, although that helps (hurts?), but also the hugemungous > engines they come with. OTOH, what else are you going to use to pull > that 25' fishing boat with the twin 250hp outboard engines and 300 > gallon fuel tank? I'll bet there are vastly more trucks than 25 foot boats with twin outboards.. Graham
