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- From: issa@cwis.unomaha.edu (Issa El-Hazin)
- Subject: Re: Before Buying Japanese.
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- References: <1993Jan19.083408.4345@informix.com> <1jkteoINN6uh@male.EBay.Sun.COM> <C17n3D.DLr@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan21.182820.796@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 09:58:33 GMT
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- jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen) writes:
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- >In article <C17n3D.DLr@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast) writes:
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- >>
- >> Yes, Greg, but you forget, the Sterling was made in England, where
- >>reliable cars are only made by GM (Vauxhall) and Rolls Royce. The Legend was
- >>made in Japan. The Probe and MX-6, and 626 for that matter, are all made in
- >>the same plant in Flat Rock, MI. Obviously the same car made in different
- >>factories by different companies could, and probably would, have dissimilar
- >>repair records, but cars made in the same plant by the same workers won't...
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- >Checking the 1993 Buying Guide I find . . .
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- >The Mazda MX-6 and Ford Probe were essentially idenitcal except for
- >the 91 model.
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- >I don't know where they diverge on the assembly line. But that
- >one year may have been a fluke. Certainly not enough to hurt the
- >credability of the ratings, when you find some many other patterns
- >(even the other years for the Prob and Mx-6) with cars.
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- >(like Toyota exhaust being black for most models and the Chevy Nova
- >a toyota clone also black)
-
- >Anyways, HOW about how they rated those cars. Did what they determine
- >sound like what you would expect from a toaster rating company?
-
- >john
- >--
- >John Nielsen MAGNUS Consultant ______ ______ __ __
- >jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu /\ __ \ /\ ___\ /\ \/\ \
- > \ \ \/\ \\ \___ \\ \ \_\ \
- > Back off man, I'm a Scientist! \ \_____\\/\_____\\ \_____\
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-
- From what I recall (I read this article last week), C/R claimed that the
- Probe got ranked worse than average on reliablity mostly due to its' less than
- perfect body parts (which are [mostly] unique to the Probe). I'll check my
- mag. when I get home and if they differ from what I stated here I'll repost
- if somebody else don't beat me to it.
- As of now, I'm about 100% sure this was the reason given. As a matter of
- fact, when I read that the Probe got ranked worse than the MX-6 I knew
- right away that this was going to be the next issue discussed on here (C/R being
- fair or not..).
-
- issa
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