In a message dated 11/13/02 11:44:13 AM Central Standard Time,
paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk writes:
> Money, according to MG Rover. It costs more money than MG Rover have to
> ramp up production to make it worth-while going to the US at the moment.
> Also potential litigation following the collapse of previous
> importers/distributors and possible claims on their successors. Crash
> testing and emissions are indeed similar, although detail differences can
> be
> crucial. But recent MGs *have* reputedly been built to US standards. The
> original X80 concept was said to have been built on the Mangusta so it
> could
> use the US accreditation that car already had for a large part of the
> structure. Whether that is still the case with the radical redign I don't
> know.
>
>
Ah, yes...money...the root of all evil. Supply and demand..but....just
thinking of all the "new MG taxi's" going into service South of the Border
makes me shudder.
rick
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