an observation about european cars vs the rest of the

Larry C Leung l.leung at juno.com
Fri Sep 7 20:15:21 EDT 2001


Oops, you're right. I meant (honest) to type that. Loooong days, these
first days of school.

LL - NY

On Thu, 06 Sep 2001 17:57:29 -0700 Bob <mx at snet.net> writes:
>Its supercharged, not turbo...
>Bob
>
>Larry C Leung wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> >
>



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