RE: what's the world coming to?

[Ian Lomax <sfalfisto@domain.elided>]

i hate to admit it, but i like porsche's approach to
marketing their first suv... by tieing it into their
rally success with the 911/959.  i think that will
appeal to a lot of people imnsho.

i'd still never buy one, but that's just me...

cheerz,
ian lomax

--- Brian Shorey <bshorey@domain.elided> wrote:
> > First Porsche, and now Volvo and Alfa are
> supposedly introducing
> > trucks that will pretend to be cars.  What's the
> world coming to when
> > two famous sports car manufacturers, and the
> company founded on
> > motoring safety introduce examples of a vehicular
> genre that is the
> > least sporting, and least safe out there?  BMW,
> M-B I can swallow,
> > but Porsche, Alfa and Volvo?  As unsettling as it
> is, I'd rather be
> > passed on the freeway by a soccer mom doin 90mph
> and talking on her
> > cell phone in her Explorer than see any of those
> famous badges
> > reduced to being stuck on a truck masquerading as
> a passenger car.
> 
> Alfa and Volvo have been selling trucks forever -
> what's the problem of
> going upscale with SUV's?
> 
> Porsche has always been doing sports cars, and
> nothing else, so yes, SUV is
> quite a departure for them.  However even
> Lamborghini sold an SUV (LM002).
> 
> bs
> 
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