Re: bmw for sale?

[George Rath <lxl@dnai.com>]

Elliott Potter wrote:
> Chrysler is trying to do the same thing here, too--We have Eagle here as
> well.  The big problem with trying to make a big deal of having a luxury
> division and keep it somewhat seperate, is that dealers that have any GM
> car have the same GM cars; Chrysler/Jeep/Eagle.  They're all about the
> same in build quality.

Uh-oh. I am "here" (i.e. California Republic), but it wasn't always so.
Sure, "we" have Eagle here ;^P  - but the dealer will give you all his
incen-
tives (and may even the holdback) if you buy one. On the other side of
the
Big Ocean there is no Dodge, no Eagle, just "Chrysler". The funniest
thing: 
the Euro-"Chrysler Vision" has the same Eagle logo on it.
  
My dad was visiting us in CA and I suggested him to get the Eagle Vision
- it is
(for Euro-prices) incredible cheapo here and the dealer was VERY
flexible.
At that time the $ was relatively low, too. Unfortunately, he bought a
Nissan
Almera (a downscale Sentra, VERY fortunately not available in the U.S.)
at home.
And the $ went up quite sharply in the meantime - i.e. the Eagle won't
be as cheap
for him as it used to be this winter. But it may be not as bad. He will
come here
again, I have a VW-card and I will convince him to buy the new Passat -
a better
choice, than Eagle.

I have a big antipathy against Nissan and Infinity cars. (Questionable
crash test
in all U.S. models, crappy engines and bad crash test in Euro-spec
cars).


George