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Re: american standards????
Posted by Ian Wigg [Email] (more from Ian Wigg) on Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:25:10
In Reply to: Re: american standards????, compaqted, Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:57:55
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I don't know where you get the idea that the Mondeo is considered an executive car over here. The Mondeo is the quintissential REP's car. Ford don't really have anything that falls into the executive class (the top end Mondeo probably should as it's a great car but the Ford badge really precludes it) hence their purchase of Jaguar and such. Also the Saab 9-3 is certainly not considerd very high end in the UK but is perceived to be in the same bracket as the upper end Mondeo/lower BMW 3 series. The perception of the 9-5 is the same as 5 series BMW's.
I would also disagree that we purchase small, lightweight cars because we can't afford big ones like you have in the states. The main reason is that we prefer cars which handle.
This is not meant to be a slur on US cars, it's just a simple case of horses for courses. US driving conditions, as you rightly point out, are long, straight, flat roads with generally bad surfaces as opposed to ours which involve more twisting, demanding roads with equally lousy surfaces.
Ian
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Posts in this Thread:
- Proof that Ford is Stupid!!, bkoeth, Sun, 23 Jun 2002 14:49:55
- DId you notice the Rover's ->, michael p, Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:02:13
- Re: Proof that Ford is Stupid!!, compaqted, Sun, 23 Jun 2002 19:07:05
- The Mondeo..., Craig, Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:07:31
- the answer, or part of it., OHMSS, Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:07:10
- Re: the answer, or part of it., rob
, Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:00:09 - Won't pass american standards???? n/m, StanleyB, Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:20:44
- Hmmm, makes sense, bkoeth, Sun, 23 Jun 2002 16:15:47
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