Wanna' buy a whole car company? NPR had a blurb this morning that
Vickers is putting R-R up for sale. Seems they have been making
money pretty well up to this past year, whereupon they lost (I think
I remember they said) about $50 million. Sales were about 3300 cars
the previous year but dropped to about half that last year. Vickers,
who bought R-R in 1980, are reluctant to put much money into the
company for development, but they are getting hit hard by technological
competition in the high-end market. Or something like that.
Hey, I've got a few loose coins in my pocket and it wouldn't hurt me
to do without lunch today. Anyone want to form a consortium?
Jim Muller
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