Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:35:43 -0400 From: Fred W <malt_houndnospamo.com> Subject: Re: "Latest Saab 9-3 retains distinctive personality, performance"
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. >> >>Graham > > > 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? -- -Fred W
