How about the Triumph Acclaim? That should get the debate going!
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip E. Barnes [SMTP:peb3@cornell.edu]
Sent: January 29, 1999 9:57 AM
To: Shawn Loseke
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: auto heritage (was Some Other Industry News)
At 8:35 AM -0700 1/29/99, Shawn Loseke wrote:
>I'll throw out a quick question though. If the Ford Mondeo is
British, and
>the Ford Contour/ Mercury Mystique are essentially Mondeos (except
for the
>nifty all wheel drive model). Does that make the Contour/ Mystique
British
>cars?
Seriously? No, no more than a Ford Aspire is a Japanese car. With
the
industry the way it is these days, most cars are "world" cars
because of
the sourcing of parts. I had a VW Rabbit years ago and was intriqued
by all
the places that the parts came from. The car was assembled in PA,
the
wheels came from Brazil, the upholstery from Canada, the radiator
was
French, the starter was Japanese, etc.
Is a Camaro a Canadian car? It's assembled in St. Therese, Quebec.
--Phil
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