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- From: golder@homer.kodak.com (Patrick Golder)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Jaguar XJ-12 is a Dog?
- Message-ID: <4188@eastman.UUCP>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 18:42:57 GMT
- References: <2335@shaman.wv.tek.com> <92350.094513KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- In article <92350.094513KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu>, KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu (Karl Nordstrom) writes:
- |> harmons@.WV.TEK.COM (Harmon Sommer) says:
- |> >
- |> >>>The Wall Street Journal had an article about memorable dogs.
- |> >>>As I recall ... the XJ-12.
- |>
- |> >>A dog? That engine produces more hp and torque than a '84-'9? Corvette!
- |>
- |> >Given that those who vote with their tool kits, or wallets, have pulled
- |> >more Jag engines and replaced them with chev, suggests that Jag V12
- |> >powered Corvettes are a distinct rarity.
- |>
- |> I'm not claiming that the Jaguar V12 is less expensive than a Chevy 350.
- |> I'm questioning the Wall Street Journal's claim that the Jaguar XJ-12 is a dog.
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- This is what happens when things are quoted out of context (like this
- particular Wall Street Journal article).
-