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- From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast)
- Subject: Re: Cadillacs (WAS: INFFINITI vs BMW)
- References: <1992Nov11.191116.12480@ctp.com> <BxMAKF.IA2@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <CARL.92Nov18133713@atlantis.Cayman.COM>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 05:50:11 GMT
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- In article <CARL.92Nov18133713@atlantis.Cayman.COM> carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl) writes:
- >
- >>The Allante with the Northstar engine makes 60 in 6.7 seconds if I remember
- >>right. And Road&Track LOVED the handling too.....
- >
- >>Not to mention the thing has a FANTASTIC-sounding exhaust!
- >
- >Well, the Allante is already a 60k car even before the Nortstar
- >engine. How much extra will the Northstar add - it will probably put
- >it into the 70k range, so for only 25k more than a Q45 you can get
- >exactly the same acceleration. Hmmm, which one would *I* buy :^)
- >
- >-Carl-
- >--
- The Caddy. 295hp 21mpg hwy 150mph top end and ragtop all for <$64K
- according to MT. And, please, can we start comparing cars that have
- Try the Allante vs. MB300SL or JagXJ-S cabriolet. (BTW, C/D tried this, and,
- much to their surprise, the Caddy won) OR the admittadly wonderful Qster vs.
- the STS... Better competition... CLOSE competition IMHO
-
- NO FLAME INTENDED :-)]
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