Neil,
You are very correct. What hasn't been said is the so called insult by
the president of Caterpillar to the JCB owner. It was an in-your-face
deal as well as a response to that insult. An all British/UK attempt
... except for the tires.
I can't imagine that we will see a Cat. liner. Just not a necessary
retort. BUT ... as we saw with the Auto Union record, records are
targets, just made to be broken. Of course the one who breaks the JCB
record won't have the press this car has had. Troy Trepanier and
George Poteet will be back on the salt for World of Speed and there
will be some publicity for Rad Rides by Troy that will come out of
their salt exploits this year.I'm sure that one of several ad agencies
I'm familiar with in downtown Salt Lake City could mount the same kind
of publicity campaign for Burklands, Nish, or any of the other fast
vehicles on the salt. Do they want to publicize their runs? Would
they rather spend their money on other things? You can answer that.
Will we see JCB products in America? Possibly. We see some Japanese
stuff on a regular basis. On the commercial level they may attract
some attention with this record attempt but like car dealers, there's
not many top dogs in the business who look at anything but the bottom
line. If JCB proves to be a good product can see them making inroads.
Wes
On Aug 24, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Albaugh, Neil wrote:
> Wes, List;
>
> I think we need to recognize that JCB's goal was one of marketing their
> product line-- heavy agricultural and construction equipment.
> Who ever heard of JCB before their LSR attempt? I rest my case.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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