[Old smart]

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

 

[lhoboy]

Yet short another article with which to while-away the time: http://www.bostonherald.com/business/automotive/view.bg?articleid=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]

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]

'Nuther News Clip

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.dll/article?AID=/20070213/FREE/70212006/-1/mmstorymini

 

[lhoboy]

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.dll/article?AID=/20070213/FREE/70212006/-1/mmstorymini

Now that's a cool looking dealership: