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- From: grahamt@phantom.gatech.edu (Graham E. Thomas)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Worst Car Award
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 13:16:35 GMT
- References: <krothman.727987654@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> <C1FJxL.2rz@ssesco.com> <1k1svlINNd4d@uwm.edu> <1993Jan26.183241.15958@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
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- welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty) writes:
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- >>In article <C1FJxL.2rz@ssesco.com> nau@ssesco.com (William Nau) writes:
- >>>Ken Rothman <krothman.727987654@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> writes:
- >>>> With all the advances in aerodynamics and ergonomics in design in the past ten
- >>>> years (mostly on the part of European and Japanese makers), this beast is an
- >>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- >>>Apparently the Ford Taurus had little influence on the shape of cars today.
- >>>In my opinion there is no car that has had a greater influence on the vast
- >>>improvements of aerodynamics than the Taurus.
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- >>--Why doesn't anyone give credit to the '84 Audi 5000 S??? I thought this
- >> was the car that started the wave of aerosedans!!! The Taurus merely
- >> copied the Audi's aerodynamic styling!
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- I thought the aero Audi 5000 came out in '82 rather than '84...
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