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- From: underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe)
- Subject: Re: Top 20 Selling Vehicles of 1992
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.024341.23802@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: Miners for a Heart of Gold
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 02:43:41 GMT
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- In article <3930142@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> roger@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com
- >...
- >If you break the list into "cars" and "trucks", the list looks like this:
- >(Note: minivans are often classified as trucks. But that's another story.).
- >Still, the US has more top selling vehicles than Japan, and European
- >vehicles are nowhere to be found (why is that?).
- >...
-
- Because no one wants to pay $13,000 for a car that only costs $9,000.
- For some people, the prestige of the nameplate isn't worth the extra
- 4 thousand.
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- European productivity in auto manufacturing is much worse than
- either American or Japanese productivity. Of course, lately, Japanese
- labels are being sold at a premium, and I'm not referring to just
- the stupid "Dealer Markup".
-
- Case in point: Mazda Protege, MSRP = $12,100 (no air conditioning and auto)
- Ford Escort, MSRP = $11,700 (with air conditioning and auto)
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