an observation about european cars vs the rest of the

[Larry C Leung]

Only one, the Millenia with the Miller Cycle turbo V6.

LL - NY

On Wed, 05 Sep 2001 18:05:30 -0400 (EDT) "Andrew Buc"
<abuc at attglobal.net> writes:
>On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 22:32:59 -0700 (PDT), Ti Kan wrote:
>
>>Perhaps they are just trying to imitate their European competition, 
>namely
>>Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Jaguar.  And imitators they are.  Their very 
>
>>"brand names" were conjured up by marketeers, unlike the European 
>makes
>>whose names have a real company behind it, actually mean something, 
>and
>>has a rich heritage associated.
>
>For a while Mazda was planning an upscale division (at least in the
>States) called Amati--sounds Italian, doesn't it? We did get what 
>would
>have been the Amatis, but w/Mazda badges. I'm not sure offhand which
>Mazda models would have been Amatis.
>