Re: Chrysler/Daimler

From: W . Jack Hilton III (hemi@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Jun 24 1998 - 23:06:09 EDT


"......And to our top story , Rolls Rorce today inveiled their new
'Quattro' automobile at he Paris Auto show . It will have all-wheel drive
and the reliability will be "...the crappiest we've ever had on a $300,000
car" . "

At 10:32 PM 6/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>You wrote:
>There may not be any comingaling of brands but you better bet your
>>ass they use some of our vehicles under the Mercedes logo!! I know for a
>fact
>>that will happen. When they say that, they mean that you will never see a
>>Chrysler product on the floor of a MB dealer and visa-versa, but you will
>see
>>our cars with their names!! Just like in Canada, Mexico and Europe, the
>Dodge
>>Neon and Stratus arent Dodges, theyre Chryslers. Well, your gonna see a
>lot of
>>Mopars in Europe with Mercedes stars on 'em!!
>
>MB, to my knowledge, has never put its name or logo on ANY car it didn't
>engineer and build...unlike some CC's we could name.
>And if they want to ruin the reputation they've spent 100+ years building,
>no quicker way I can think of than badging CC cars as their own. Not that I
>don't love my Dak....but it ain't no Benz.
>Regardless of what you know for a fact, I'll believe it when I see it...and
>probably not even then.
>It would be about as smart as VW rebadging the Rolls Royce as an Audi!
>Gary
>
>The Internet - Living proof that 10,000 monkeys in a room with 10,000
>typewriters will NOT
>eventually duplicate the works of Shakespeare!
>
>
>
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W . Jack Hilton III

HEMI@mindspring.com



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