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Re: what car was it?

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Subject: Re: what car was it?
From: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:15:18 -0400
Max Heim wrote:
> Hmmm, I don't think so... that would be like selling a Jaguar as an MG -- a
> serious case of down-marketing. Perhaps you are thinking of when the FIAT
> 124 Spyder was marketed under the Bertone brand, and I may have a vague
> recollection of the Alfa being marketed as a Pininfarina... Certainly they
> could have been sold at the same dealer, and I won't deny there were some
> desperate measures undertaken by the US importers.


Could have been it. They could have used the Fiat dealer network for all 
of them. I do recall seeing them both in the same showrooms at various 
dealers while I was trying to scrounge up parts for my 850 Spyder.

Since it was an 850 Spyder, you can imagine that I didn't have the money 
to look closely at new cars :-)

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Stephen West-Fisher
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