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[Old smart]

Yet short another article with which to while-away the time: http://www.bostonherald.com/business...icleid=1031073 . About the only significant items in this one are smart

[lhoboy]

[QUOTE=fishrdnc;2836]Yet short another article with which to while-away the time: http://www.bostonherald.com/business...icleid=1031073 . About the only significant items in this one are smart

[Old smart]

Could be. But some Asians, the Japanese in particular, demand the real thing. The passers-through in Singapore can buy knock-off Rolex watches all night long, but a Singporean wouldn't be caught dead with one himself.

[lhoboy]

Originally Posted by fishrdnc

Could be. But some Asians, the Japanese in particular, demand the real thing. The passers-through in Singapore can buy knock-off Rolex watches all night long, but a Singporean wouldn't be caught dead with one himself.

You may be right regarding Japan and Singapore, but the rest of asia will be looking at this car as a transportation commodity rather than a status symbol. It would need the 3 pointed star to be anything more than a commodity.

[Old smart]

Here is another news clip. It is quite dated, but it is good for perspective. The only thing that I know has changed is that UnitedAuto Group officially became Penske Auto Group on 02 JUL 07.

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...-1/mmstorymini

[lhoboy]

Originally Posted by fishrdnc

Here is another news clip. It is quite dated, but it is good for perspective. The only thing that I know has changed is that UnitedAuto Group officially became Penske Auto Group on 02 JUL 07.

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...-1/mmstorymini

Now that's a cool looking dealership: