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Originally Posted by Karl Roth
No, ownership of the company, not place of production determines the nationality... there are no American Toyotas, just American built Japanese cars.
karl
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If I follow your conclusion then
Jaguar and
Range Rover actually have become
Indian cars now that Tata has purchased them. That's where the money ultimately is going to go: India.
And
Saab long ago became
American as GM has owned them for quite a while.
But what of Mazda? It has been announced that on November 18
Ford will sell some of their stock in Mazda making all Mazdas only
13% American cars instead of a
33.4% American.
And all that money that supposedly gets siphoned off to foreign shores?
Much of that money is spent right here in the USA in places like Honda of America's or Toyota's R&D facilities,
employing American citizens,
developing vehicles which won't be sold anywhere else on the planet but right here in the good 'ol US of A.
You see how complicated this has all become?
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Fellow smart owners,
I really do appreciate your input.I mean this. I wasn't looking for a bunch of people to tell me how right I am in my thoughts.
In the end my point is this:
1) Car shows exist because decent, hard-working organizers like the lady who has organized this show, put in the sweat and toil to, well
organize the show.
Bravo!
2) Car shows exist because people like to go to them look at cool cars.
Bravo!
3) Car shows provide places where people can see interesting and unusual cars, some of which they have only seen in books or magazines ... the same books and magazines that are sold in this promoter's store.
Bravo! Bravo that we get to see them;
Bravo! that we still find places to buy these books and magazines
4) Car shows exist so we get to meet other car nuts and extol the virtues of our cars; swap war stories; and sometimes commiserate.
5) Car shows exist for people like me who like car shows. I go to a lot of them.
And I have attended this particular show for 10 years now.
BUT...there is also a dark side to car shows:
1) Often when I attend Ferrari shows I am told that
"Dinos are not REAL Ferraris." Right. That's why Enzo personally named them after his only son who died in his early twenties leaving his father to daily visit his son's grave for the rest of his life. Who says this? People who have "decided" this to be the case.
2) Purists (even at some tiny shows held on Main Streets or in abandoned drive-in theaters across America) get in ridiculous,
mean spirited, arguments over whether a phillip head screw or a shade of red is "Original" or "Stock." We're not talking about Pebble Beach here.
3) People sometimes demand that their, more expensive brand-name car not be parked next to a more lowly marque.
In short sometimes we slice, dice, criticize, and in the end become elitist segregationists... of what? CARS.
Come on, we buy these cars and go to these shows because,
at heart we are all still little kids, AND THAT'S GOOD!!!! But we sometimes end up acting more than a little
childish.
One last very important thing: Car show promoters should NEVER FORGET that without those of us who spend a lot of money to search for, buy, restore, insure, care for, and pamper these little jewels...
WITHOUT US THERE WOULD BE NO SHOW ...just an empty park on a Sunday afternoon.
Ladies, Guys,
All I ever wanted was for our silly little cars to be able to take part in a celebration of some of The Best products of FRANCE and Italy. Our cars were assembled in France by French citizens. In this sense they are some of the best products of France. I just wanted our smarts to be considered worthy in this way.
Thank you all for your thoughts and your sincere opinions. I wish you all happy motoring, and wish you
lots of smiles per gallon.
Danny
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