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Re: Volvos (and Ford)

To: erik@aero.und.edu (Erik R Addy)
Subject: Re: Volvos (and Ford)
From: ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:58:06 -0800 (PST)
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
In-Reply-To: <36B0D190.94498275@aero.und.edu> from "Erik R Addy" at Jan 28, 99 03:07:28 pm
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

Erik R Addy writes:
> Third, I about died when I heard about the Ford purhase.  Thoughts of
> "Post-GM"
> SAAB came to mind.  But, on the other hand, it seems that Ford has let
> Jaguar do
> pretty much it's own thing, just provided support (inc $$) where needed.

Not so sure about that...  the latest compact Jaguar sedan has a lot of
Ford-ness in it.  Yuck.

Not long ago there were rumors about VW wanting to buy Volvo's trunk/bus
division.  I wonder what came of that.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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