Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC Anit-Green Weenie help needed

[JAshburne (JAshburne]

Hi Francis
 
This is a time when I couldn't let the facts get in the way of a good  
retort!  You're right of course, just as American built cars also are  vastly 
superior to years past.  In today's global economy, the gaps between  countries 
in 
manufacturing techniques have narrowed considerably thanks to  market 
competition.  We really are living in an age where automobile  performance and 
reliability are at historic high levels pretty much across the  board.  There 
really 
aren't any Yugos to joke about any more.
 
John
 
 
In a message dated 1/15/2008 6:01:00 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
francis [at] fntn.co.uk writes:

John

You might just like to know that Nissan stated that the  Nissans built  
in UK are of a higher quality than those from the  Japanese plants.

Nissan, Honda and Toyota maybe Japanese owned, but  they are still  
built here in UK. Not a lot different from the  Vauxhalls (GM) and  
Fords we have been building here since the  20s.

Peugeot design many of their cars here in UK as do  others.

I think you are talking about 30-40 years  ago

Francis


On 15 Jan 2008, at 23:53, JAshburne [at] aol.com  wrote:

>
> In a message dated 1/15/2008 3:11:27 P.M. Central  Standard Time,
> Britt2Asa [at] aol.com writes:
>
> (BTW as   an American living in England I can
> tell you NOBODY in the UK  looks  upto American car manufacturing  
> when they
>  want
> quality).
>
>
>
> Hi  Britt:
>
> I know that as an American in Blighty, you must find  that comment  
> ironic,  if
> not hilarious.   Don't get me wrong, I love British sports cars, my  
> first   car
> ever was a Triumph TR250 and I vintage race a 1959 Turner.   And I  
> would
> never argue that the Brits (one t) haven't  made many more  
> interesting cars  than
> the  U.S.  The current Bentleys and Aston Martins are among the  best   
> cars
> anywhere in the world today, even if a  lot of their technology and  
> build  quality
> is  imported.
>
> And while I would never argue that many U.S. made  cars were better   
> drivers
> and performers than the  best of the U.K., I don't think anyone  
> outside  of
>  England would ever consider a British designed and built car, pre    
> BMW Rolls Royce
> excepted, as superior in build  quality!!!!  Handling,  styling, wood  
> and
>  leather interiors, panache, fun to drive, all yes.   Better  build  
> quality, HAH!
>
> Don't forget that there are  many more manufacturers in the U.S. than  
> the
> puny 3 of  Ford, GM and Chrysler, including Toyota, Honda, Nissan,  
> BMW  and
> Mercedes, all of which are built to standards as good as their  home   
> countries.
>
> Just three of the famous  British sayings about their cars are "All  
> of the
> parts  falling off of this car are of the highest quality British    
> manufacture!"
> "The British love warm beer because they have  Lucas  refrigerators."  
> and of
> course we all know  that Lucas headlight switches have  three  
> positions:   Off,
> Dim and Flicker.
>
> Sorry for the thread hi-jack, we  now return you to your regularly  
> scheduled
>  programming.
>
> John
>







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