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- From: jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Whining about buying American cars
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 20:01:51 GMT
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- v064mcqs@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (NEIL GANDLER) writes:
- > 4. Chrysler's Cab forward cars. Which show remarkable
- >engineering. And are the first cars to use non-cfc air conditioning which
- >will help save aour environment as far as reducing the ozone layer.
-
- You blew this one. Cab-forward has been around for awhile, it's not
- new to Chrysler (my Geo Storm, which was being designed in the mid to
- late 80's, shows many of the design trends used in the Chrysler).
-
- I don't think the new Chryslers were first in non-CFC refrigerants
- either, but I can't recall which car really was.
-
- WRT the Japanese vs American argument, I don't consider it relevant
- anymore. I pointedly avoided looking at American-built cars and
- kicked myself later for not looking at the Saturns. It's become
- obvious that American cars *can* compete effectively with the
- Japanese, it just took the big three a long time to decide to do it.
-
- jim frost
- jimf@centerline.com
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