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In Reply to: RE: Base Mustang Eu38K v/s base 911 Eu96K posted by b.l.zeebub on September 21, 2016 at 15:42:17
this summer when wifey and I attended the F1 race at Silverstone and toured Highclere Castle. That was a nice handling little car.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Vauxhall still owned by GM?
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Vauxhalls are Opels in the rest of Europe and yes they are still owned by GM.But like Ford Europe their cars traditionally have little or nothing to do with american-market GM cars.
Every now and then there is a model that crosses over like Ford Europe's Focus and I think that will happen more and more in the future but both have their own european design studios and rearch facilities. Which is understandable since the market requirements were so very different between North America and Europe.
PS: The Corsa is one of he nicer small cars.
Edits: 09/23/16
I've found the PT Cruiser to be a piece of crap. My brother in law had one and it was about to fall apart at 100k. Working on it was a nightmare.
Indeed, the US market gets only poorly engineered and assembled small car models from American manufacturers. Which is why I've been a Honda consumer for more than thirty years.
My first new American car, a Pontiac Trams Am, was an absolute joke and piece of junk. It will also serve to be my last car produced by an American manufacturer. I'm delighted to hear that the UAW is dying.
I do, however, have a 2017 Ridgeline on order which is made in Lincoln AL sourced largely with American parts and (motivated and caring) labor.
I think one problem is that engineers design for the conditions at hand.
America always had vast amounts of space, cheap fuel, extremely low speed limits and taxes.
In Italy for example they HAD to design small cars because large ones simply do not fit into their towns and cities. I used to know a few rather well off Romans and despite the fact that they could afford practically anything they all drove tiny little cars because driving a Ferrari regularly in Rome is the complete opposite of fun. In the '80s they tended to buy Innocenti. That was a company owned by de Tomaso who built a Bertone-rebodied Mini which could be ordered with leather interior and AC (a rarity in those days except S-class Mercs, Jags etc).
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