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

[JAshburne (JAshburne]

So true!  And in the U.S. where a Toyota Camry is likely to have  higher U.S. 
origin content than a Ford Taurus.
 
John
 
 
In a message dated 1/15/2008 6:10:13 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
francis [at] fntn.co.uk writes:

John

It is of course a strange world, where 70% of the cars  built in UK are  
exported and 80% of the cars sold in UK are  imported.

Francis

On 16 Jan 2008, at 00:07, JAshburne [at] aol.com  wrote:

> 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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