Phil Ethier wrote:
> Subaru should never have let any American SEE that car. Set
> their marketing
> in the USA back quite a bit.
Wasn't that Bricklin's first car adventure?
Jason DeJoode
Burnsville, MN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Phil Ethier
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 7:28 AM
> To: John Lieberman; jwalter@ptra.com
> Cc: AutoX (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Buick Aluminum V8s & Subaru 360s
>
>
> From: John Lieberman <johnlee@softdisk.com>
>
>
> >Were those Subarus the little 1970 model with the 360cc oil-injected
> >rear motor, VW-type fenders, 10-inch wheels, and suicide doors?
>
> Subaru should never have let any American SEE that car. Set
> their marketing
> in the USA back quite a bit.
>
> >I HAD
> >one of them that I bought used for $800 in '73,
>
> White Bear Dodge was selling them for $800 dollars NEW. A review in the
> newspaper here said that you would be hard-pressed to find a
> worse used car
> at that price.
>
> >It was an absolute hoot
>
> When I drove it, it was the scariest little rat-trap I had ever been in.
> The handling was awful. The front end did not dip when I touched the
> brakes: It dropped like a rock. The steering gear looked like
> it was made
> from old curtain rods.
>
> Lotus freaks in the USA may have another reason to dislike this car. When
> the Feds stopped letting you have whatever car you want on
> January 1, 1968,
> they did leave one nice loophole. Cars weighing less than 1000
> pounds were
> exempt. We all had visions of the Seven America making a comeback. The
> Seven Series 4 would not make the cut, but a lighter car like the
> 7A would.
> Was not to be. Even if ACBC could be persuaded to make and import the 7A,
> the Subaru came along and closed the loophole. Congress decided that if a
> Subaru 360 was what you could expect, the loophole must be closed.
>
> Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro (FOR SALE), Saturn SL2, Chev Suburban
> LOON, TCVWC, MAC
> pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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