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

[francis newman (francis]

And a question to tease you.

Which country manufactures more cars.

Italy (home of Fiat) or UK?

F

On 16 Jan 2008, at 00:12, JAshburne [at] aol.com wrote:

> 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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