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- From: kokerj@vccnw07.its.rpi.edu (James Matthew Kokernak)
- Subject: Re: Toyota Sera
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
- References: <C183w6.1tE@bilbo.suite.com> <1jngc6INNmpk@uwm.edu> <1993Jan26.150234.1@mscf.med.upenn.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:49:57 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.150234.1@mscf.med.upenn.edu>, byrd@mscf.med.upenn.edu writes:
- |> In article <1jngc6INNmpk@uwm.edu>, qazi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Aamir Hafeez Qazi) writes:
- |>
- |> About the Toyota Sera:
- |>
- |> > --It was on the auto show circuit a couple of years ago. I believe it
- |> > is based on the Tercel platform. The Sera is on sale in Japan only,
- |> > I think, although I believe some specialty importers in the UK sell
- |> > them there.
- |> >
- |> > Unfortunately, we get the Toyota Paseo. Can you think of living with
- |> > boredom on wheels?
- |>
- |> Paseos are not nearly as boring/ugly as Saturns which seem to
- |> have a big following on this newsgroup. Interestingly I have
- |> yet to hear anyone say much about how Saturns look an awful
- |> lot like Olds Cutlass Supremes. So much for the so call "new"
- |> GM car.
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- I would not claim that the Saturn is a Porsche in Cutlass clothing
- (I believe that the resemblance is so obvious that it goes without
- saying), but the Paseo is pretty stupid looking...as is the mx-3 and
- the nx2000. But then again, people don't buy Japanese cars for their
- looks. There must be some other reason but i haven't figured it out...8)
-
- |>
- |> Karen Byrd, VAX Sys. Manager
- |> University of Pennsylvania
- |> Medical School Computer Facility
- |> Philadelphia, PA 19104 (USA)
- |> Internet: byrd@mscf.med.upenn.edu
-
- --Jim
- "If it's not German, it's not worth driving"
-