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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 12, 2009 4:25 pm)
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Replying to: torque_r (Jul 12, 2009 7:10 pm) But as everyone else said, make mine Impala SS with six taillights please  It'd make a nice bookend to the '65. And if I could just get my hands on a Ute...
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Jul 12, 2009 4:18 am) And yes, just call this car an Impala...mmm-kay?
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 12, 2009 7:16 am) |
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 13, 2009 4:26 am) The key word is DUMB. The average American car buyers are not much smarter, when it comes to vehicles, than a box of rocks. If it starts and gets them to work it is a thing of beauty. |
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 13, 2009 4:26 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 13, 2009 4:26 am) Simple answer - money. Did you notice how much a new Focus costs there vs. here when similarly equipped? 1. Euro customer is less affuent and is used to buying vehicle less frequently. In return they have specific quality, fit and finish, ride and content requirements that are must. In other words - they have less money, buy it less frequently, pay more, but also expect more. 2. US customer has very specific demands regarding size and feature content, but beyond that all they want is price, price and did I mention price? The habit of buying/leasing every three years made them treat the vehicles similar to rental cars: has to take you from A to B, needs AC, power locks and windows and large cushy seats for evergrowing bottoms - and rest doesn't really matter. Steering wheel can have half-turn play, panels may have 3" misalignments, plastics can be hard as a rock. Even Honda or Toyota runs NA-specific designs that skimp on "upscale" touches in sake of covering basics. 3. There are some local issues, too, like great UAW labor killing any innovation there may be, etc. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 13, 2009 7:49 am) Objection!!! Not everything, McDonals has a good coffee like Starbucks.
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Replying to: ingvar (Jul 13, 2009 9:36 am) 
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 13, 2009 5:19 am) I remember one magazine article years ago giving BMW a slight simply because they didn't offer cup-holders on their cars, particularly the 5-series. Then they came out with a cupholder but to their credit they made it so horrible it wasn't worth using. BMW felt a vehicle was supposed to be driven, not used as a place to hold drinks, go figure right? 
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