Sorry, you're right about the Esprit, it's been around for years -- I
meant the newer, more exotic model, the Elise. I just couldn't think of
the name at the time (more evidence of impending codgerdom?)
Robert Haigney had this to say:
>Lotus sports car's are available in the US, at least I saw one last week,
>(Lotus Esprit) and the sales team in my office has an ex Lotus
>salesperson. They seem to have a big problem selling Lotus in the US, In
>1997 the leading sales location for Lotus had sold one car in the first
>half of the year....!!!!!!!
>
>Just my 2 cents.
>
>Robert
>69 MGB
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>mvheim@studiolimage.com on 07/10/2000 11:19:41 AM
>Please respond to mvheim@studiolimage.com@internet@WTAXE
>To:
>cc: mgs@autox.team.net@internet@WTAXE
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>Subject: Re: Rover woes [not so long]
>
>Thanks for that additional info, Kai -- you make a compelling argument.
>Lola indeed adds credibility to this project. A few small points, and
>I'll retire my end of this thread, and we can both look forward to seeing
>what happens.
>
> - TVR and Marcos don't sell cars in the US. At this low level of
>production, they can't afford to meet US requirements. Morgan can only
>because they never change their design. We don't want a new MG at this
>level of production, because we will never get to see one.
>
>- How many low-production supercars are available for sale in the US? It
>seems to me to be more likely than not that an "exotic" MG/Lola would not
>be imported. Again, see the examples of the Porsche 959, Jaguar XJ220,
>Bugatti, Lotus, various German "tuner" cars, and Japanese supercars; vs
>the few exotics that are available (Ferraris, Diablo, Acura).
>
>- I, personally, have almost completely lost my interest in "supercars".
>Having realized that I will never be able to afford one, I find the auto
>magazines' fascination with these impractical and unattainable devices
>increasingly juvenile and tedious. Obviously, not everyone shares this
>opinion, YMMV, etc... (I suppose this may be the first step toward
>codgerdom). Don't let me spoil your enthusiasm!
>
>Cheers,
>Max
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>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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