Date:         Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:16:12 -0400
Reply-To:     mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Fwd: : End the hegemony of the US auto makers
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Sorry, Trinidad and Tobago. I'm here on business.

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From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com>
Date: Oct 25, 2006 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: : End the hegemony of the US auto makers
To: mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com>

Where's Trini?

Mike

On 10/25/06 7:23 PM, "mordo" <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Interesting thing here in Trini is that they're not even really very small
> cars. The smallest is something like a Yaris. Lots of very new cars on the
> very busy roads. Tons of Asian marques and a huge array of models. A lot
of
> turbo diesels in vans, trucks and SUVs.
>
> I'm not so much whining for tiny fuel efficient cars as I am a greater
> variety of styles and engine options.
>
> E.g., there is a KIA Pregio truck chassis that gets fitted with flatbeds
> w/folding sides, box trucks, passenger vans, family vans and I've seen it
> with three different engine options: petrol and two sizes of diesel. They
> are well-styled with various levels of appointment. There is nothing on
the
> US market that compares.
>
> Also of interest was seeing a very refined, brand new Skoda. Could well
> compete with an Audi or Passat in terms of fit, finish and engineering. My
> English coworker here with me says they are very popular in the UK and
have
> available a 24 valve screamer that hauls ass.
>
> There is clearly a model in the US that shows that this variety of
vehicles
> doesn't work. So, we're to choose between 20 flavors of SUV, 10 flavors of
> family minivan and a smattering of sedans and coupes with very little real
> variation in design or drivetrain. It's a bore if nothing else.
>
>
> --
> mordo
> 1990 Carat
>
>



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mordo
1990 Carat