Picked this up from the Audi Quattro list. Maybe would could get a similar
version for an MGF here in the US?
Jeff Z, waddya think?
> Tuesday March 28, 5:07 PM
>
>
> Who you gonna call? Carbusters.com!
>
> By David Williams, Motoring Correspondent
>
> An audacious assault on "rip-off" new car prices was launched
> today by the
> Consumers' Association which fired up an on-line importation
> service for "cheap"
> cars.
>
> Carbusters.com is offering thousands of motorists the chance
> to buy cars from
> overseas dealers at huge savings. It is bound to alarm
> traditional car dealers
> and manufacturers who have been under intense pressure
> through falling sales to
> private buyers.
>
> As part of the association's Great British Rip-Off campaign
> first unveiled at
> the London Motor Show last year, the service is available to
> any internet user.
> During exhaustive three-month trials 83 cars with full UK
> specifications, worth
> more than £1.5 million, were ordered using the CA's service.
>
> According to the organisation, which has consistently accused
> car firms of
> overcharging British customers, buyers saved more than
> £270,000 by using
> carbusters.com during trial runs.
>
> Average savings were £3,000 to £4,000 per car during the
> pilot phase which
> coincided with a call from the CA for buyers to boycott
> traditional car
> dealerships.
>
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