Re: Ford and BMW - UGH

["Brant M. Miller" <brant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Whoa, David.  It is GM that has trashed Saab, not Ford.  And it seems to =
me
that Ford is doing an OK job with Jaguar.  They seem to understand the ne=
ed
to keep the character of the Mark, unlike GM, which seems to believe that=

the ultimate role of all automobiles is to isolate the driver from the
distasteful job of driving.

Brant

>Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 08:03:53 -0600
From: "Holeman, David" <david.holeman@domain.elided>
Subject: Ford and BMW - UGH

I think about a crappy car company like Ford buying BMW and I shudder.
Just look at what they did to SAAB.  One of the finest turbo engines on
the market and they move to make the 900 look like a Taurus and they put
ford engines in them.  Then look at what they did to Jaguar.  They made
these cars look even more like the Taurus and for how much.  Look what
they did to the XJ12 - there is a waste.  No one event thinks of it as a
sports car any more. =


David Holeman
www.mpower.com<

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