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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!dove!starchild.ncsl.nist.gov!keys
  2. From: keys@starchild.ncsl.nist.gov (Lawrence B. Keys)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.autos
  4. Subject: Re: Worst Car Award
  5. Message-ID: <8279@dove.nist.gov>
  6. Date: 26 Jan 93 13:19:51 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan25.170828.3532@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <krothman.727987654@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> <C1FJxL.2rz@ssesco.com>
  8. Sender: news@dove.nist.gov
  9. Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology
  10. Lines: 39
  11.  
  12. In article <C1FJxL.2rz@ssesco.com> nau@ssesco.com (William Nau) writes:
  13. >Ken Rothman <krothman.727987654@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> writes:
  14. >> With all the advances in aerodynamics and ergonomics in design in the past ten
  15. >> years (mostly on the part of European and Japanese makers), this beast is an
  16. >         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  17. >
  18. >Apparently the Ford Taurus had little influence on the shape of cars today.
  19. >In my opinion there is no car that has had a greater influence on the vast
  20.                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^           
  21. >improvements of aerodynamics than the Taurus.
  22. >                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^    
  23. >-- 
  24. >William R. Nau
  25. >Supercomputer Systems Engineering and Services Company (SSESCO)
  26. >511 11th Avenue South, Suite 216
  27. >Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415-1536
  28. >(612) 342-0003
  29. >
  30. >nau@SSESCO.com
  31.  
  32.  
  33. Not this again!  Correct me if i'am wrong, but didn't the Audi 5000
  34. have this rounded shape long before the Taurus?
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  38. Larry                            __/    _______/_                 
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  46.                 -                                   -
  47.        ---------------- FAHRVERGNUGEN FOREVER! --------------------            
  48.             The fact that I need to explain it to you indicates
  49.             that you probably wouldn't understand anyway!
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