At 10:31 AM -0700 1/11/01, Karl Wolz wrote:
>My son and I had a discussion about this fairly recently.  My position is
>that Americans do not want an affordable vehicle.
>
>In Europe, there is a large market for cheap to own and cheap to operate
>little tiny cars.  I don't believe they would sell here even if Big Brother
>wasn't watching out for our best interests.  Cars are status symbols to
>Americans.  We identify ourselves with what we drive; be it a Honda Accord
>or a Ford F-350 with dual rear wheels.The last vehicle that was available to
>us which fit into that category was that marvel of Serbo-Croatian
>engineering, the Yugo, and we all know what your friends and neighbors
>thought of you if you drove a Yugo!

You might be correct, but my boyfriend and I tried to buy a Smart
(http://www.smart.com/) before finally buying the X5.  Price or size
wasn't an issue.  The Smart was cute and sexy!

(But we were told there was no way it would be allowed into the country.)

Coyote
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