Copy cat awards go to Ford actually - their 500 sedan is not 2 millimeters different in almost any dimension from a Passat. [ or A6 actually ] [ Of course the 500 development dovetailed with J.Mays moving from VW/Audi to Ford ]
Tom
> From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> > Reply-To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> > Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:57:31 +1200 > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Subject: Re: Copy Cats??? > >> Anybody looked close at the new Hyundai Sonata? Is it me or does >> that car have the same lines as an Audi A6? > > Can we be sure that the Audi doesn't have similar lines to the Hyundai? > > BMW did rank copying of Honda styling in early 90s... they looked SO > much like the late-80s Honda Vigor that coincidence is impossible. > >> The Hyundai is a heck of a lot cheaper. > > Prolly a lot more reliable too... and may not handle any worse. > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin > New Zealand > Fossil preparator > <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> > Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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