Copy cat awards go to Ford actually - their 500 sedan is not 2 millimeters
different in almost any dimension from a Passat. [ or A6 actually ]

[ Of course the 500 development dovetailed with J.Mays moving from
VW/Audi to Ford ]

Tom

> From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
> Reply-To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:57:31 +1200
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: Re: Copy Cats???
>
>> Anybody looked close at the new Hyundai Sonata?  Is it me or does
>> that car have the same lines as an Audi A6?
>
> Can we be sure that the Audi doesn't have similar lines to the Hyundai?
>
> BMW did rank copying of Honda styling in early 90s... they looked SO
> much like the late-80s Honda Vigor that coincidence is impossible.
>
>> The Hyundai is a heck of a lot cheaper.
>
> Prolly a lot more reliable too... and may not handle any worse.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
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