At 12:03 PM 8/8/97 +0100, you wrote:
>The latest twist to this story, appearing in the British magazine `CAR',
>is that Chrysler wants to buy BMW, and the Quandt family - which owns
>BMW - is said to want to sell. There are already links; Chrysler and BMW
>are co-operating on the new Mini engine - to be built in Mexico - and
>Chrysler's MG-loving Bob Lutz - Swiss born American who speaks fluent
>German - used to be highly placed in BMW and knows Wolfgang Reitzle,
>BMW's present engineering guru and rumoured heir apparent to Bernd
>Pischetsrieder. You only have to see the concept cars and fun cars which
>Chrysler builds these days to see where the synergy would lie. But its
>still all rumour folks!
>
Okay, David, any more speculation perculating up about the possibility of
BMW/Rover using Chrysler's dealer network to sell the Mini in US, and a new
MG as well?
Michael, New Bern, NC
67 MGB (powered by Mowog)
74 Interceptor (powered by Mopar)
Series III Land-Rover (powered by Mountain Goats)
|